By PRINCESS MANGOAGUI
Staff Writer
More than 300 Chinese nationals reportedly involved in telecommunications fraud were deported on Thursday. In a statement, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced it had deported 312 Chinese nationals who were allegedly part of the group arrested in a massive raid of an office purportedly operating a telecommunications investment fraud scheme in October. Last October 9, BI operatives stormed an office in Pasay City and found 512 illegal foreign workers, including nationals from Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia. Of the 312 deported Chinese nationals, 21 were said to be minors who have been turned over to the Chinese Embassy. The deportees were flown home via five chartered flights.