Undated photo shows of guards check the temperature of Chinese POGO workers in Parañaque City.

STAR / Edd Gumban

 

MANILA, Philippines (Update 3, 4:54p.m.) — Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri claimed Tuesday that China has placed the Philippines in a tourism blacklist over the continued operations of offshore gaming operators in the country, which Beijing’s embassy in Manila denied.

 

Zubiri said during a Senate inquiry on the costs and benefits of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) that Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian disclosed this to him in a meeting with other senators on Monday.

 

“Ambassador Huang said that the Philippines now is part of a blacklist of tourist sites because they do not know if the tourist going there will be joining POGO operations and they do not know if their nationals who go to the Philippines will be safe from illegal activities done by the Triad, by the syndicates operating POGO,” Zubiri said.

 

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"and they do not know if their nationals who go to the Philippines will be safe from illegal activities done by the Triad,"

 

better to stay in China where there are no Triads.........