MANILA- A Chinese national wanted for allegedly misrepresenting himself as Filipino has been arrested by the Bureau of immigration.
In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 60-year-old Tai Fang Ching was arrested last May 16 along F.B. Harrison Ave. in Ermita, Manila by agents of the BI Intelligence Division.
The arresting agents were armed with a warrant of deportation that the BI Board of Commissioners issued in July bbbbbbbvbb last year, when it ordered Tai’s expulsion for being an undesirable alien.
“Aliens who flaunt and make a mockery of our immigration and citizenship laws do not the privilege to stay here. They should be expelled and banned from re-entering the country,” Tansingco said.
It was learned that the BI ordered Tai’s deportation after investigation revealed that he assumed the name of one Albert Torres Abaya, when he filed the incorporation papers of his business with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
He also used the same fictitious name in acquiring a driver’s license from the Land Transportation Office (LTO), and in registering his business with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as well as other public documents.
Tai is currently detained at the BI Warden Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending his deportation to China.
As a consequence of the deportation, he will be included in the immigration blacklist, perpetually banning him from re-entering the Philippines.