The immigration officer who allegedly asked a passenger to show her yearbook has been relieved from post, Bureau of Immigration (BI) spokesperson Dana Sandoval said Tuesday.
“Because of this incident, he has been relieved from his post. So he has been reassigned to a back-end office as a result of this incident,” Sandoval said in an interview on CNN Philippines.due to a lengthy interview at the immigration counter.“When the officer described the incident, he described it as just a regular secondary inspection, similar to what he does every day,” she said.
“So this is also one of the things that we are looking into as to why these questions have been asked by the Immigration officer when in fact they do not have any bearing on the circumstances of the travel,” she added. “But without their consent, if they are refusing to show these e-documents… then our officers are not allowed to get these from the passenger,” she said.
“So if there is something off or there is a disconnect among the three things… then this is considered a red flag,” she said.
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