BUREAU of Immigration (BI) agents at the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Pampanga arrested an overstaying Indian national who attempted to leave the country.

In a report to Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, the BI’s Border Control and Intelligence Unit (BCIU) said arrested was 40-year-old Jasbir Singh.

Singh was intercepted at the boarding gate of the CIA last April 17 before he could board his flight to Singapore.

According to BI-BCIU acting chief Vincent Bryan Allas, Singh presented his boarding pass with an immigration departure stamp and emergency travel document without a BI stamp.

Allas said it was obvious that the passenger wanted to leave without paying the immigration fees and fines that overstaying alien tourists are assessed and required to pay before they could be cleared to leave the country.

Singh is now detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, where he will remain while undergoing deportation proceedings.

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Jun I. Legaspi