The Chinese Embassy in Manila has identified the seven Chinese crew members of a distressed fishing vessel in the waters off Eastern Samar as 'suspects engaged in crime in China' and has asked the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for their transfer to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) the soonest for their immediate deportation. 'Please be informed that the Chinese nationals … who are staying in vessels Kai Da 899 in Tacloban Port anchorage area are engaged in crime in China and wanted by China's police authority,' deputy police attaché Zheng Xue wrote in a letter to the PCG Eastern Visayas dated March 7 that was seen by the Inquirer.

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