DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 July) – Mayor Jose Nelson Z. Sala Sr. of Santa Cruz municipality in Davao del Sur province welcomed Friday the investigation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao on the controversy involving the issuances of alleged spurious birth certificates by its Local Civil Registry (LCR) office.
In a statement, Sala said that the local government is committed to cooperate with the probe to be conducted by the NBI and other related government agencies regarding the issuances of doctored documents, particularly to a 21-year-old Chinese national who used a falsified birth certificate issued by the LCR of Santa Cruz to apply for a Philippine passport last Tuesday.
He said that the local government unit (LGU) of Santa Cruz does not tolerate these illegal transactions, adding those individuals behind the issuances of spurious birth certificates will be held administratively liable.
Sala said the LGU is conducting its own fact-finding investigation and that initial actions have already been taken against the supposed involved personnel.
“We welcome the investigation made by the NBI and other related national government agencies as this will also help our own investigation in curbing the proliferation of spurious birth certificates in our municipality,” the local chief executive said.
Sala assured the public that the LGU is doing its best to ensure that its personnel observe appropriate regulations and standards in the performance of their functions.
“Those who will be found involved with these illegal transactions will certainly be subjected to appropriate administrative actions,” he added.
Last Tuesday, a 21-year-old Chinese national from Fujian province, China was arrested after he applied for a Philippine passport using falsified documents at the Department of Foreign Affairs-Mindanao at SM City Davao in Ecoland.
Arcelito Albao, NBI-Davao director, said the Chinese national, who was using the Filipino name “Hengson Jabilles Limosnero,” used an address in Barangay Inawayan, Santa Cruz to obtain a falsified birth certificate from the LCR of the same town.
He said the alien presented the spurious birth certificate, driver’s license, and national identification card (ID) from the Philippine Statistics Authority as requirements to apply for a Philippine passport.
Albao said that his birth certificate was used to secure other government-issued documents and IDs.
The NBI officials said the Chinese national is a freshman accountancy student at the Ateneo de Davao University and finished high school at the Philippine Academy of Sakya Davao.
The Chinese national will face charges for violation of the New Philippine Passport Act and the Revised Penal Code, which penalizes the falsification of public documents, perjury, and using fictitious name and concealing true name, Albao said. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)
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