Embassy in the Philippines: the Philippine side is required to step up its crackdown and prevention efforts to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the Philippines!

Recently, rumors and self-media reports about the kidnapping and extortion of Chinese citizens in the Philippines have increased, which has aroused great concern from all walks of life in the Philippines, especially overseas Chinese. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines attaches great importance to this, immediately understands and verifies the relevant specific situation, discusses with the Philippine overseas Chinese community, and makes representations to the Philippine law enforcement department, requesting the Philippines to step up its crackdown and prevention efforts to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the Philippines.

The Chinese government has always severely cracked down on illegal and criminal activities such as online gambling, telecommunications fraud, kidnapping, and illegal detention. In recent years, vicious cases involving kidnapping, extortion and illegal detention of Chinese citizens caused by online gambling and telecommunications fraud in the Philippines have occurred frequently, causing serious harm to the parties and their families. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines has continuously strengthened law enforcement cooperation between China and the Philippines, and promoted the Philippines to increase its efforts to crack down on various vicious cases against Chinese citizens. At the same time, it has adopted joint anti-kidnapping knowledge lectures with the Philippine police anti-kidnapping department and provided Chinese translation services to the Philippine police. And other measures to help compatriots in the Philippines strengthen their awareness of safety precautions and increase the success rate of reporting cases. We will further promote the relevant departments of the Philippines to strengthen law enforcement cooperation, severely crack down on kidnapping, extortion, illegal detention and other criminal acts that endanger the personal and property safety of compatriots and related criminals, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the Philippines.

The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines once again reminds everyone: firmly establish legal awareness, keep yourself clean, stay away from online gambling and telecommunications fraud, and avoid falling into gambling-related extortion injury cases; further improve safety protection awareness, especially when traveling, dining, and job hunting, maintain a high degree of vigilance, Effectively prevent the risk of kidnapping. At the same time, strengthen the identification of the authenticity of all types of information and refrain from disseminating unconfirmed information.

Philippine national alarm number: 911 (please dial with Philippine local number)

Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Brigade Alarm Hotline:

0063-2-87266770/0063-9273234894

Chinese Embassy in Philippines Tel: 0063-2-82311033

Chinese Consulate General in Cebu Tel: 0063-32-3430008

Chinese Consulate General in Davao Tel: 0063-9055545911

Chinese Consulate in Lavage Tel: 0063-9178051226

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24-hour Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center Tel: 0086-10-12308 or 0086-10-59913991