MANILA
(6 June 2013)- A Chinese national was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA) for allegedly attempting to traffic two Filipinas
to China, where they would be matched for marriage to Chinese Nationals.
According to Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr., both the Persons in
Trafficking Act of 2003 and the 2012 law that expanded it, declare the act of
matching Filipinas for marriage to foreign nationals as unlawful. The two
Filipinas initially claimed that they were going to Beijing as tourists but
could not answer questions from immigration officers about their itinerary upon
arriving there. They later changed their stories and said that upon arrival in
Beijing their Chinese male companion would try to convince authorities that
they were real tourists, and would have eventually been matched for marriage
with Chinese men whom they have not yet met.
