Missing Chinese national found buried in MaguindanaoThe exhumed body of the Chinese national was immediately brought by officials of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region to a mortuary for extensive post-mortem examination. COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Policemen and barangay officials exhumed on Wednesday, March 25, from a shallow grave in Barangay Masigay in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur a male Chinese national who was reported missing two days before. Datu Piang is one of the 24 barangays in Maguindanao del Sur, which is inside the core territory of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. He was last seen in Tacurong City, one of the four cities in Administrative Region 12, about 70 kilometers north of Barangay Masigay in Datu Piang. De Guzman and police officials in Maguindanao del Sur said it was villagers in Barangay Masigay who discovered where Hong was buried, both hands tied, with gunshot wounds in his body.

Source: Philippine Star March 26, 2026 13:21 UTC