An Australian-American fugitive wanted in the United States for various sex offenses was intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and barred entry to the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Wednesday, April 24.
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the foreigner as Robert David Fenton,54, who arrived last April 14 from Brisbane, Australia, Last April 23, Fenton was ordered to depart to Los Angeles, California.
“We are determined to ban the entry of these unwanted aliens as their presence here poses a serious risk to our women and children,” Tansingco said in a in a statement.
The BI said that upon Fenton's arrival, immigration officers found that the fugitive had “a positive hit in the Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) derogatory system which indicated that he is subject of a red notice and is wanted for sex crimes in the US.”
“He was immediately issued an exclusion order by the BI personnel on-duty and placed in the immigration blacklist for being an undesirable alien,” said the bureau.
It said that “Fenton is wanted for prosecution in the US on the charge of aggravated indecent assault against a victim who is below 16 years of age.”
“He was also charged with corruption of minors and indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and statutory sexual assault against a person less than 16 years of age,” it added.