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Immigration execs probed On smuggling of 4 Chinese at NAIA By Margaux Ortiz Inquirer Posted date: November 11, 2007 MANILA, Philippines -- Three officers of the Bureau of Immigration are under investigation for their possible involvement in facilitating the entry of four Chinese nationals, using fake South Korean passports. Two of the four Chinese were later arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport during an attempt to depart for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, using the fake passports. The BI was not able to arrest the two others. Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan has issued a memorandum directing the three officers to explain within 72 hours why administrative charges should not be filed against them. "It was established that the arrival and departure stamps on the Korean passports seized from the Chinese passengers were assigned to these immigration officers," Libanan said on Sunday in a statement. He declined to identify the three officers assigned to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), pending the submission of their written explanations and the filing of administrative charges against them. "The employees are entitled to due process. I am giving them the opportunity to explain before taking disciplinary action against them," Libanan said. "However, I will not hesitate to suspend and dismiss them from the service if investigation shows they colluded with syndicates smuggling illegal aliens abroad using our country as a transit point," he said. The employees' case stemmed from a recent incident at the airport wherein two Chinese passengers were apprehended by elements of the NAIA-BI Migration Compliance and Monitoring Group for attempting to leave the country with fake Korean passports. The passengers, identified as Weng Shuting and Zheng Chen Feng, were intercepted at the departure area on Oct. 31, before they could board an Emirates Airlines flight for Dubai. The two are now detained at the Bicutan immigration jail pending deportation proceedings. However, their two Chinese companions-Lin Yuxia and He Ertong-who were on the same flight, eluded arrest. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
