Chinese woman arrested for using 'fake travel documents' -- BI
A Chinese woman has been intercepted at Terminal I of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and detained at the Bureau of Immigration's (BI) facility in Taguig City for alleged violations of the Philippine Immigration Act.
The BI identified her as Zhiqun Liao, 31 years old, who was to depart for Quanzhou, China last Sept. 5.
It said that during the primary inspection, immigration officers found 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,” BI also said.
After verification, it was found that "BI’s systems do not contain a record of her supposed arrival last June 15,” it said.
“Airline representatives likewise shared that the flight she allegedly took to arrive in the country was non-existent,” it added.
BI said that Zhiqun’s document also underwent tertiary inspection conducted by the BI’s Forensic Documents Laboratory which concluded that “the document she submitted was counterfeit."