NBI operatives identified the suspect as Hu Xiang, also known as “Chang,” a native of Fujian, Province of China.
However, Pura said that according to their surveillance of the supermarket, Chang was a new employee and he was only working at the store for just 10 days before the buy-bust operation was conducted. During the operation, Chang was also not able to present his passport or any legal document that could support the validity of his stay in the country.
Confiscated products were subjected to proper examination and disposition at the FDA-7 Cebu City field office, and the result would be used as additional pieces of evidence against the suspect.He also said that the supermarket mostly catered to Chinese nationals in Mandaue City.