The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday responded to Senator Robin Padilla’s privilege speech alleging a case of mistaken id in an arrest at NAIA, saying that the detained man’s particulars corresponded with data from an Interpol purple discover.
During his privilege speech on Tuesday, Padilla mentioned 62-year-old Mohammad Maca-antal Said, who was arrested on the airport on August 10 as he was about to depart for Malaysia.
Padilla mentioned that it was a namesake—Abu Sayyaf member Mohammed Said, alias Ama Maas—who had 9 lively warrants of arrest towards him.
The senator confirmed images that, he mentioned, proved that these have been two totally different males.
“Maswerte na lang po si Tatay at di siya binahayan ng bala na katulad ng nangyari sa isang bata sa Navotas,” Padilla mentioned, referring to Jemboy Baltazar, {the teenager} who was killed final month in what the police claimed was a case of mistaken id.
He added that Said had additionally been mistaken for the wished man in 2018, and that when he was launched by the National Bureau of Investigation, the NBI issued him a certificates displaying that he had no “derogatory record.”
Padilla additionally mentioned that the crimes Ama Maas was accused of occurred in July 2011, when the arrested Said was in Saudi Arabia, and that studies additionally present Ama Maas has been lifeless since 2016.
“Simula 2001 hanggang Oktubre 2011 ay nasa Saudi Arabia si Tatay, nguni’t ang nasabing krimen na kinasasangkutan ni Ama Maas ay naganap noong July 2011…2016 pa lamang ay lumabas na ang mga balitang napatay na sa engkuwentro si Ama Maas,” he mentioned.
However, the BI mentioned that its immigration officers have been appearing inside their roles and that the small print of an Interpol purple discover matched these of the arrested man.
“Yung kanyang earlier passport quantity ay nagma-match doon sa nakalagay sa Interpol alert discover. Lumalabas siya po mismo ‘yon because of all the details that have been included. Kumpleto po yung nakuha natin na records,” said BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval in a 24 Oras report by Tina Panganiban-Perez on Wednesday.
Family to file complaint
Said’s household claimed that the BI provided lacking data on the warrant with their father’s knowledge, saying the knowledge was not there throughout Said’s preliminary arrest in 2018.
“Noong nakuha nila yung passport ng tatay ko, doon nila kinumpleto ‘yung papel ng suspek na ang nilagay nila yung middle name ng tatay ko, sino magulang ng papa ko, taga-saan yon,” Said’s daughter Roselaine mentioned.
Sandoval denied the allegation. “We have no way of editing or adding to it,” she mentioned.
The household added that they are going to be urgent fees towards the BI as their father has began to weaken throughout detainment.
“Walang kasalanan yung tatay namin. Bakit sa Interpol, bakit nandoon pa yung pangalan niya? Okay lang kung totoong suspek ang Papa namin, eh hindi eh,” Roselaine added.
In an announcement launched by the BI on Wednesday, commissioner Norman Tansingco clarified that the BI has no authority to make arrests, and might solely implement derogatory information as obtained from courts, the Interpol, international governments, and different competent authorities.
“We cannot add or delete anything from these derogatory records as our role is to implement what is included by authorized agencies. It is the local law enforcement agencies—the NBI and the PNP—that are authorized to conduct arrests,” he mentioned.
Sandoval mentioned that the image on the Interpol purple discover was small and pixelated, however that for the reason that different particulars matched, “we forwarded the case to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.”
The BI additionally suggested different residents who might also have namesakes with excellent arrest warrants to safe documentation to keep away from comparable instances.
“Get a certificate of not the same person from the Bureau of Immigration. ‘Yun po ay kinukuha sa ating main office,” mentioned Sandoval. — Jiselle Anne C. Casucian/BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
