MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese woman and a British man have been arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported on Friday.
Chen Xiao Qing, 22, was intercepted at the NAIA Terminal 1 on March 27 as she was about to board a flight to Phnom Penh, according to BI port operations division chief Grifton Medina.
Chen was arrested after the immigration officer saw that her name is in the BI’s blacklist of undesirable aliens.
“She was ordered deported by the bureau on Dec. 28, 2016 for operating an unlicensed online gaming establishment in the country. She has been at large since,” Medina said.
Chen was brought to the BI detention facility at Camp Bagong Diwa pending the implementation of the deportation order issued against her.
Meanwhile, Nicholas Fawsitt, 34, was barred from boarding a sweeper flight for London on Tuesday after immigration officers found that his name is on the BI’s watchlist of overstaying aliens, Medina reported.
A check of Fawsitt’s travel record showed that he had been overstaying for at least five years and has a pending deportation case before the BI, according to Medina.
Fawsitt’s passport was confiscated and turned over to the BI’s legal division so he may face the deportation complaint against him.