BUREAU of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 have intercepted two Filipino women believed to be victims of a mail-order bride scheme.
The women, both in their early twenties, were stopped before boarding a Xiamen Airlines flight to China. They claimed they were joining their Chinese spouses, and presented marriage certificates purporting they had been married for a long time.
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However, BI officers found inconsistencies in their statements, and discovered that both weddings took place on the same date and time.
Upon further inquiries, the women admitted that their marriage was fake, adding that two more Filipinas had also wed Chinese nationals on the same day.
