Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 12) — Officers from the Bureau of Immigration arrested a Chinese national who presented a Philippine passport while attempting to depart from the Caticlan airport.
A statement from the BI on Sunday said Zhou Jintao had a passport under the name Jensen Tan, as well as other identification papers, among them a Philippine PWD ID, a clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation, as well as a birth certificate which said he was born in Davao del Sur to a Filipino mother and Chinese father.
The BI officer who interviewed Zhou said he was unable to speak Filipino, and later admitted he is a Chinese citizen.
The BI database confirmed Zhou last arrived in the country on June 30, 2019.
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