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People may joke about doing this, but one woman has actually done it.
“On Monday evening, March 16, authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 discovered a two-month-old baby stashed inside his mother’s backpack,” reports Raoul Esperas on ABS-CBNnews.com.
The report noted: “The sleeping baby was discovered by security personnel after the backpack was being scanned by the X-ray machine.”
Vicente L. Guerzon Jr., Assistant General Manager for Security and Emergency Services of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) revealed that the owner of the backpack as Jenifer Pavolaurea, a 25-year-old Papua New Guinean and a nursing graduate.
The report further revealed that “the 25-year-old single mother admitted that she attempted to smuggle her two-month-old son out of the country because she does not have the necessary immigration clearance for his departure.” Pavolaurea was supposed to board Air Niugini, which was scheduled to depart for Port Moresby at 11pm that day.
Guerzon said Pavolaurea was initially questioned by an immigration officer for being an overstaying alien before the baby was discovered inside the backpack.
Pavolaurea was later confirmed as the mother of the baby.
The report said that she was “eventually allowed to depart for Papua New Guinea.”
The report didn’t specifically indicate if she was allowed to bring her baby, but we’re assuming that’s what happened.
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