By Ferdinand Patinio
MANILA – Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted a departing Japanese national who was found to be the subject of a deportation case for being an undesirable alien.
In a news release on Friday, BI-NAIA Terminal 3 head supervisor Dennis Javier identified the passenger as 64-year-old Makoto Shinoda, who was intercepted on April 28 while attempting to board an Etihad Airways flight to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The immigration officer processing Shinoda’s departure flagged him after the BI’s derogatory record system indicated that he was on the bureau’s watchlist and was wanted for deportation.
“He was immediately referred for secondary inspection, where our supervisors confirmed that he was indeed the same individual listed in the watchlist order,” Javier said.
Shinoda was then turned over to the BI’s Border Control and Intelligence Unit (BCIU) and transferred to the BI detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City. He will remain there while awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings.
The case against Shinoda stemmed from a complaint filed by two of his fellow Japanese nationals who accused him of defrauding them of more than US$1 million in a bogus real estate venture.
The complainants said they were lured into investing US$1.023 million in a construction project along Molino Blvd. in Bacoor City, Cavite, which Shinoda allegedly had no intention of completing. (PNA)
