Philippines frees Chinese steel plant workers from detention

Philippines frees Chinese steel plant workers from detention

BEIJING — Sixty-four Chinese citizens detained in the Philippines have been released after the Philippine justice department ruled there was insufficient

Chinese steel plant workers in the Philippines released from detention

The 64 detainees were accused of violating nuclear safety law and immigration and labour laws. Read more at straitstimes.com.

64 detained Chinese nationals freed by Philippines

Sixty-four Chinese nationals detained by the Philippine authorities were released on Thursday evening, and six other Chinese nationals are undergoing release procedures, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Friday. These Chinese citizens had been working at a steel plant in Misamis Oriental province in the southern Philippines, and were taken into custody by Philippine law enforcement authorities on May 15. The…