A Chinese national with a standing criminal conviction and an active derogatory alert was denied entry by the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
It was learned from BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval that the foreign national, identified as Shi Baoyi, 36, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on May 29 via a Cebu Pacific flight from Hanoi, Vietnam.
Sandoval said that upon arrival, he was flagged by immigration officers after his name matched an active Blacklist Order issued earlier this year.
Records show that Shi was the subject of an official communication from Chinese authorities in April, which stated that he had been convicted in Henan Province, China in 2022 for Undermining Credit Card Administration and was sentenced to two years and six months of imprisonment. He was also wanted for additional charges and was classified as undesirable and a fugitive from justice.
It was learned that Shi attempted to disrupt his exclusion process by deliberately slamming his head onto the glass shield of a fire extinguisher case.
The bureau proceeded with his exclusion in accordance with protocol and coordination with counterparts even as medical personnel immediately responded and provided treatment to Shi.
Shi was temporarily held while arrangements were made for his escorted return and on June 9, he was placed under the custody of Chinese authorities and made to board a China Southern flight bound for Guangzhou, effectively enforcing his exclusion from Philippine territory.
The BI had him blacklisted and barred from reentering the country.
