The National Bureau of Investigation’s crackdown against illegal practice of medicine resulted to the arrest of three more foreign nationals in Parañaque City and Angeles City..

Nabbed for operating a beauty clinic and offering procedures and medicine without necessary permits were Nguyen The Tang and Mai Quy Loc (alias Do Thi Binh), both Vietnamese nationals, and South Korean John Suk, also known as John Seuk and Suk Sang Hong.

The foreigners were nabbed in separate NBI operations on August 15, a few days after six of their compatriots fell in NBI hands following a raid at a beauty parlor in Makati City.

A week earlier, the NBI-Cybercrime Division arrested five Vietnamese in Barangay La Paz, Makati City. This was followed by an entrapment operation conducted in another place in Makati.

The six foreign nationals have reportedly been practicing medicine without the necessary permits. Their medical degrees have also been strongly doubted.

In the Parañaque operation, Nguyen and Mai were found to be operating a beauty clinic and offering procedures and medicines without the necessary permit.

Suk, on the other hand, was arrested at his clinic inside the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga.

“These services, which included but were not limited to chin fillers, sexy alar trim, liposuction, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty and facelift, were the same ones they have been advertising online,” the NBI disclosed

Prior to the arrest of the suspects, investigators found that the Professional Regulation Commission has not issued a special temporary permit or any such authority for the foreigners practice of medicine in the Philippines.

All arrested suspects were charged with violations of the Medical Act of 1959, as amended, and the FDA Act of 2009.

They will remain in the Philippines until their cases are resolved by the courts.