BUREAU of Immigration (BI) officers assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 arrested a foreigner who presented fake documents last Sptember 5.
In a report to BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco, BI Border Control and Intelligence Unit Head Dennis Alcedo shared that the woman, identified as Zhiqun Liao, 31, was arrested after she attempted to depart for Quanzhou, China on board a Malaysian airlines flight.
During primary inspection, officers noted that her passport did not contain a Philippine arrival stamp, but a stamp was instead affixed on a certificate indicating her travel record. She also could not show the Philippine visa she used to allegedly enter the country, or her visa extensions.
Verification confirmed that the BI’s systems did not contain a record of her supposed arrival last June 15.
Airline representatives likewise shared that the flight she allegedly took to arrive in the country was non-existent.
Zhiqun’s documents were submitted to the BI’s forensic documents laboratory for tertiary inspection, which concluded that the document she submitted was counterfeit.
Zhiqun was immediately arrested and charged for violation of Section 45© and (d) in relation to Section 37(a)9 of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940.
She will remain in the BI’s facility in Bicutan, Taguig pending resolution of her deporation charges.
