The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has warned the Senate that the use of fake birth certificates to obtain Philippine citizenship is widespread.
BI agents arrested Joseph Sy, a mining executive, for allegedly using fake documents for his citizenship. It is suspected that he went through late registration, similar to the case of Alice Guo.
According to BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval, it is scary because the documents Sy presented are complete and original. “Once you have a birth certificate, you can easily get other Philippine documents. What if it is used for espionage or other crimes?” she added.
Sy is currently detained at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig while awaiting the case against him. He also left as chairman of a large mining company to attend to his personal matters. He was temporarily replaced by their president Dante Bravo.
Meanwhile, Sen. Panfilo Lacson also warned that it is possible that many Chinese sleeper agents have already entered the country using the same system.
