Cambodian caught applying for Phl passport

MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently arrested a Cambodian man who attempted to apply for a Philippine passport using fake documents.

Edy Hu, 61, is being held at the immigration jail in Bicutan, Taguig City pending deportation proceedings, according to BI Intelligence chief Maria Antonette Mangrobang.

Mangrobang said Hu will be expelled for misrepresenting himself as a Filipino when he applied for a Philippine passport at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) by submitting a document bearing a forged signature of BI Commissioner Ricardo David.

Also seized from the Cambodian were a marriage contract and a birth certificate that are also spurious, Mangrobang added.

Mangrobang said Hu was reportedly accompanied to the BI by a Filipino named Nick Waquiz, who allegedly received P40,000 from the Cambodian in return for providing his documents and facilitating his passport application, she said.