Meco debunks De Lima claim, says BI knew 14 deportees are Taiwanese By Conrado Ching 02/18/2011

Meco debunks De Lima claim, says BI knew 14 deportees are Taiwanese

By Conrado Ching 02/18/2011

In the face of the continuous justification by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, that the Department of Justice (DoJ) deportation to mainland China of 14 Taiwanese was based on their alleged failure to show proof of their nationality, the Manila Economic Cultural Office (Meco) in Taipei, Taiwan, yesterday confirmed that the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Manila was properly informed that 14 of the 24 Chinese deported by the Philippine government back to Beijing last Feb. 2, were in fact, Taiwanese.

Meco Deputy Representative Carlo Aquino confirmed to a group of visiting Philippine reporters that a day before the group was deported, they received a formal request from their Manila office to verify the 14 names. It was learned that the Meco immediately replied that 11 of the 14 names were Taiwanese who applied for their visas to the Philip-pines at the Taipei Meco main office while the remaining three got their visas in Taichung, Taiwan..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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