Philippine Immigration

Two Malaysians arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) three months ago have been deported for involvement in human trafficking, the Bureau of Immigration said Monday.

Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said Balagobal Kannataasan, 26, and Harisan Amirtham, 34, were deported last September 11 aboard a Malaysian Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur.

Libanan said the Malaysians were expelled pursuant to a summary deportation order that the BI board of commissioners issued against them last August 26.

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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Wednesday said that cellular phones will soon be banned in areas around immigration counters at the country's international airports.

BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said that the measure is in line with the plan to jam mobile phone signals as a security measure.

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Two foreigners have been arrested by immigration authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for alleged human trafficking, the Bureau of Immigration said Saturday.

BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said Singaporean R. Murliy and Sri Lankan Vignesvaran Saravanan have been accosted at the NAIA 2 centennial terminal on June 27 as they were about to board a Philippine Airlines flight to Vancouver.

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Three foreign commercial models were fined P30,000 each for working in the country without the proper work permits, the Bureau of Immigration said Monday.

BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan imposed the fine on the foreigners last Friday hours after the bureau’s operatives arrested them for performing as ramp models in a fashion show held at the SMX convention center of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday deported to China a wanted drug lord who had been slipping in and out of the Philippines by using several aliases.

Retired police official Victor Boco, BI’s technical assistant for intelligence and security, escorted the handcuffed Cai Wen Xian at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for the flight to Xiamen on board China Airlines CZ 378.

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