Two Pakistanis with possible links to foreign-based terrorist groups were intercepted yesterday by intelligence agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) while attempting to sneak into the country as a legitimate tourists.
Sajid Javed, 20, and Hamad Parvaiz, 24, arrived from Japan posing as Malaysian nationals using fake passports.
It was actually their second time to enter the county, having earlier arrived in Cebu from Kota Kinabalu.
Senior immigration agent Cresencio Ablan said the two then took a domestic flight to Manila on Monday and flew the same day to Japan, where immigration agents there deported them back to their port of origin for using fake Malaysian documents.
Javed and Parvaiz arrived in Manila yesterday on board a Japan Airlines flight.
The two men, who claimed they went to Cebu to meet somebody, pleaded with immigration officials not to deport them to Malaysia, asking that they instead be sent to Pakistan.
They were later turned over to the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to determine possible links with terrorist groups.
The interception of the two Pakistani nationals was made a day after security units at NAIA Terminals I and II were placed on red alert following the bombings in Metro Manila. --