THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it barred from entering the country two convicted American pedophiles, who tried to enter the country via the international airport in Cebu over the weekend.
In a statement, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 47-year-old Neil Eugene Graves was intercepted last November 18, while 60-year old Stuart Chase Dingman was stopped the following day at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). Both arrived via a Korean Air flight from Incheon, Seoul.
Tansingco said the two were denied entry for being registered sex offenders (RSOs) which stemmed from their conviction on sexual offenses.
Philippine immigration laws prohibit the entry of foreign nationals who have previously been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
According to public records, a circuit court in Kent, Michigan convicted Graves in 2011 on charges of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree wherein the victim he molested is between 13 to 15 years of age.
Dingman was convicted multiple times in 1996 and in 1992 for assault and battery of a child in Massachusetts.
Both were immediately flown out of the country the following day via a Korean Air flight to Incheon.
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