BI nabs illegal aliens in Manila, Cebu airports
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its officers at the international airports in Manila and Cebu intercepted two foreign fugitives who were barred from entering the country for being undesirable aliens.
In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tangsingco said the two foreign passengers were intercepted last Jan. 2 and 3 upon their arrival via flights at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Tansingco said the two aliens were both excluded and booked on the first available flight to their port of origin. They were later placed on the immigration blacklist, which “perpetually” bans them from entering the country.
Intercepted at the MCIA last Jan. 3 is German national Reiner Reinhold Heber, 63, an alleged recidivist and violent offender who was sentenced to nine years imprisonment and attempted homicide.
He was turned back after arriving aboard a China Airlines flight from Taipei as immigration officers were already alerted about his trip by officials from the BI Intelligence Division.
Last Jan. 2, a Chinese woman named Chen Qiaolin, 30, was denied entry upon arriving at the NAIA aboard a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight from Kuala Lumpur.
Chen’s name reportedly registered a hit in the Interpol database, prompting BI-NAIA officials to exclude and send her back to Malaysia.
Information from Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB) in Manila revealed that the suspect is wanted in China for human trafficking.
The public security bureau of Feixi country in Anhui province, China alleged that Chen engaged in telecommunications fraud and illegal online gambling activities.
She was also charged with forging the travel documents of trafficking victims who were able to illegally enter Malaysia, Cambodia, and other countries.
“We believe that she might be part of an illegal human trafficking syndicate deploying Chinese workers illegally to other Asian countries,” said Tansingco.
“Hence her presence in the country poses a threat to Filipinos,” he added. By Jun I. Legaspi and Hector Lawas
