6 ‘transgender’ Pinoys held in China

NewsInfo.Inquirer.net – By Cynthia Balana – Philippine Daily Inquirer

Manila, Philippines – They pose as prostitutes, drug their clients and then rob them.

This was how Vice President Noli de Castro on Tuesday described six supposedly “transgender” Filipinos who had been arrested for robbery in Shanghai, China.

Quoting a report from Philippine Consul General to Shanghai Aileen Mendiola-Rau, De Castro said five of the six arrested were now in jail, while the other one had been released after he turned state witness pending investigation of their cases.