Chinese-Filipinos fear prejudice fuelled by Alice Guo case, South China Sea row

There are 1.2 million Tsinoys or Filipinos of Chinese ancestry in the Philippines. - ST PHOTO: MARA CEPEDA

MANILA: The curious case of a former Philippine town mayor who fled the country after being accused of being a Chinese spy and crime boss is stoking fears of discrimination among Chinese-Filipinos.

Locally called Chinoys or Tsinoys, Filipino nationals who are of Chinese ancestry fear that the case of former Bamban mayor Alice Guo is fanning the flames of Sinophobia amid Manila’s dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea.