Business group decries 'unfair stereotype' tagging Filipino-Chinese in illegal drugs

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MANILA - A Filipino-Chinese business chamber on Saturday appealed to the public to shun the stereotype that members of their community are peddlers of illegal drugs.

While there may be "a handful of wrongdoers," such generalization linking the Filipino-Chinese to drug syndicates has been "besmirching our community’s reputation," the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc said in a statement.

The chamber made the statement following Vice President Leni Robredo's recent remarks that most drug suspects operating in the Philippines were Chinese nationals or Filipino-Chinese. "We believe that a holistic anti-illegal drug campaign should include rehabilitation of drug users," it said.

 

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Their more likely to be China apologists, conveniently forgetting that it is in the Philippines where they had the opportunity to make their fortune.

Until now filipinos can not differentiate nationals coming fr china n taiwan.More so now that many chinaman had learn the tagalog or other filipino dialect depending on where they r located. Its only us chinoys who can tell them apart by the way they speak hokkien.Ours s not pure

Isn't it unfair as well for the workers to get a contractual job? A salary that wouldn't cover the high cost of living and standards that these businesses are creating?

Racism?

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