{"id":226560,"date":"2019-08-12T19:02:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T23:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=226560"},"modified":"2019-08-12T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T23:02:25","slug":"govt-wont-allow-abuse-of-foreign-workers-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/12\/govt-wont-allow-abuse-of-foreign-workers-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t won\u2019t allow abuse of foreign workers in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo condemned the report which showed that a 27-year-old Chinese national was handcuffed when he fell from the sixth floor of his office in Pamplona Dos, Las Pi\u00f1as City on August 9. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The government will not allow any illegal act committed against foreign workers in the Philippines, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo condemned the report which showed that a 27-year-old Chinese national was handcuffed when he fell from the sixth floor of his office in Pamplona Dos, Las Pi\u00f1as City on August 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe condemn and we\u2019re concerned about what happened and we condole with the victims of that person,\u201d Panelo said in a media interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot allow any illegal act to make it in this country by any person whether foreigner or our own citizen against workers of another country working here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo earlier said that no one is exempted from the strict enforcement of Philippine laws.<\/p>\n

Police suspected that the victim, Yang Kang, was being held prisoner by his employer while CCTV footage showed that he was peering out the window before he climbed out.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the Bureau of Immigration should also establish guidelines in the hiring of foreign workers to prevent illegal recruitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiyan sa<\/em>\u00a0Immigration\u00a0\u2018yun<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s up to the Immigration to decide on what to do).\u00a0Kailangan kasi<\/em>\u00a0(They need it because) they come here compliant with the immigration laws,\u00a0pag hindi<\/em>\u00a0(if not), we\u2019ll have to run after them,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Following concerns raised on the influx of Chinese nationals in the country, Panelo also denied that there was any shortcoming on the part of government in preventing illegal recruitment noting it has yet to be determined whether these foreigners are illegally staying in the country or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s an impression.\u00a0Hindi pa natin alam yun kung<\/em>\u00a0illegal\u00a0kung pagpasok nila<\/em>\u00a0(We don\u2019t know if they entered the country ilegally),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng alam natin, maraming<\/em>\u00a0Chinese\u00a0ngayon<\/em>\u00a0(What we know is there are a lot of Chinese now). Whether they are illegally staying or extending their stay we have to receive a formal complaint para malaman natin (to find out),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Panelo expressed concern on the influx of Chinese nationals in the country and urged the Bureau of Immigration to address this issue.<\/p>\n

He also urged Chinese and other foreign workers to report to authorities acts committed by their employers that are in violation of the law.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— The government will not allow any illegal act committed against foreign workers in the Philippines, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":207213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226561,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226560\/revisions\/226561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}