The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has barred the entry of two foreigners right after their arrival at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Immigration Commissioner Norman said German national Reiner Reinhold Heber, 64; and 30-year-old Chinese woman Chen Qiaolin were both excluded and booked on the first available flight to their airports of origin.
The BI chief said they were later placed in the immigration blacklist which perpetually bans them from entering the country.
Heber was intercepted at the MCIA last Jan. 3 after arriving aboard a China Airlines flight from Taipei as immigration officers were already alerted about his trip by BI intelligence officials.
He was described as a recidivist and a violent offender and was sentenced to nine years in jail for attempted homicide.
On Jan. 2, Chen was denied entry upon arriving at the NAIA aboard Philippine Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur. She was sent back to Malaysia
Information from the Interpol’s national central bureau (NCB) in Manila revealed that Chen is wanted in China for human trafficking.
The public security bureau of Feixi country in Anhui province, China alleged that Chen engaged in telecommunications fraud and illegal online gambling activities.
She was also charged with forging the travel documents of trafficking victims who were able to illegally enter Malaysia, Cambodia and other countries.
“We believe that she might be part of an illegal human trafficking syndicate deploying Chinese workers illegally to other Asian countries,” said Tansingco.