MANILA, Philippines — Chinese envoy to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua hopes that the illegal Chinese workers in the country will be treated professionally.

“You have to take into consideration the humanitarian needs of those Chinese nationals as we are doing exactly when it comes to Filipinos working illegally in China,” he said during a courtesy call with Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo in Malacañang on Monday (April 1).

Zhao also reiterated that their government is not condoning their citizens to illegally work in any country.

He also said that even if there are many Chinese nationals illegally working in the country, there are also a lot of Filipinos working in China without proper documents.

“There are, there is such a problem. And not only there’s problem of Chinese working illegally here in the Philippines, but also there are Filipinos working illegally in China, so we’re handling this in accordance with our respective laws and regulations, and also we’re handling this professionally in the spirit of our friendship and cooperation,” he said

Several groups already expressed concern over the increase of Chinese illegal workers in the country, but the government assured that they will be deported according to due process.

Meanwhile, Zhao also sought the assistance of the Philippine government in investigating possible exploitation of Chinese nationals in illegal gambling in the Philippines.

He is hoping for the cooperation of authorities to strictly monitor the situation and immediately take action against the responsible parties.—Aileen Cerrudo (with reports from Rosalie Coz)

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