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Workers of Philippine Sanjia Steel Corp. are lined up on Saturday for inquest proceedings, following a raid on the steel manufacturing facility in Misamis Oriental. Authorities are looking into possible violations of immigration laws, labor practices, and environmental laws. —PHOTO BY GABRYELLE DUMALAG/ INQUIRER
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The management of Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA), which operates the 3,000-hectare economic zone in Misamis Oriental that hosts the manufacturing plant of Chinese-run Philippine Sanjia-Steel Corp., is eyeing the cancellation of its lease contract following allegations that the company violated the country’s labor, immigration, and nuclear safety regulations.
Joseph Donato Bernedo, PIA general manager, told a press briefing on Tuesday that the findings of an interagency investigation on Sanjia can become bases for a review of the company’s demeanor as a business locator in the industrial estate, and if found to have committed violations of the country’s laws, can lead to a termination of its lease contract.
Bernedo noted that in 2024, Sanjia’s compound was subjected to four inspections by law enforcement agencies after it was exposed that one of its incorporators was Tony Yang, a Chinese businessman who confessed to have faked his Filipino citizenship and who was linked to illegal Philippine offshore gaming operations.
