(UPDATE) SEN. Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Senate to investigate a Chinese arrested for pretending to be a Filipino and who managed to join the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA).
Hontiveros urges probe on Chinese faking Filipino identity
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently detained businessman Joseph Sy for reportedly holding fraudulently acquired Philippine documents., This news data comes from:http://www.aichuwei.com
The senator likened Sy’s arrest to the case of former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo who was re-moved from office by the Ombudsman after a series of congressional inquiries revealed she is Chi-nese.
Hontiveros urges probe on Chinese faking Filipino identity
“Although the PCGA is voluntary and nongovernment, it is quite concerning that Sy managed to access people and events during which national security was discussed,” Hontiveros said in Filipino.
“If this businessman is indeed a Chinese national masquerading as Filipino, the Senate must immedi-ately probe his affiliations, background, and the circumstances under which he obtained his Philippine documents,” she said in a statement.
“We should look into who enabled him and how deep his network goes,” Hontiveros added.
- Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after war ends
- Pope demands end to 'collective punishment' and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
- UN watchdog finds uranium traces at suspected Syrian former nuclear site
- Social pension eyed for indigent seniors
- Palestinian Embassy echoes PH appeal for ceasefire in Gaza
- COA probes Iqbal on spending of P1.7B in one day
- Immigration deports 49 South Korean fugitives
- Bonoan resigned due to command responsibility — Marcos
- Preliminary report on Lisbon funicular accident expected
- Vico Sotto's viral post sparks ethics debate, elicits response from journalists
