A Bureau of Immigration employee has been suspended and now faces dismissal for allegedly trying to sneak a blacklisted Taiwanese national into the Philippines.
According to a press statement from the bureau, BI employee Alden Bait was caught on security cameras escorting Wu Chun Yung when the Taiwanese arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on April 7. Bait also allegedly guided Wu to an unmanned Immigration counter so he could slip through.
Wu was spotted by other Immigration agents, though, and stopped before he could get past Customs.
Immigration commissioner Ricardo David Jr. has given Bait 72 hours to explain why he shouldn’t be charged and dismissed from the service. He will be on preventive suspension until the BI’s board of discipline finishes investigating the case. “There will be no letup in our efforts to remove the bad eggs in our our ranks,” David said.
According to the BI, Bait was assisted by Customs personnel in trying to get Wu past authorities. The identities of the Customs personell have yet to be determined.
Wu was blacklisted on March 13 and was turned away from Clark International Airport after being profiled as a public charge or “one who lacks or is without means of sustainable living” and is a potential burden on the state.
He tried to enter the country again under a different passport on March 29 but was intercepted at NAIA 3.
Wu, interviewed after his arrest, said he paid a friend in Taiwan to arrange his return to Manila without being detected.
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Photo: Bureau of Immigration Facebook page
