Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado has directed his concerned subordinates to fully cooperate in the Senate investigation into the alleged irregularities within the agency.
Viado assured the BI personnel that they have nothing to fear as the inquiry headed by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian would be fair and impartial.
He said the Senate probe would even help them ferret out undesirable elements in the agency and sustain the momentum of reforms.
Viado also so-called on the employees who circulated a “white paper” to come out in the open in order to help Gatchalian conduct a thorough and credible inquiry.
‘The so-called “concerned employees” are guaranteed the full protection of my office,” Viado added.
The bureau is also preparing documents pertaining to the attempted release of detained Chinese national Yang Jiang Xin alias Tony Yang on bail, in an apparent disregard for existing policies and procedures of the agency to be submitted to the Senate.
Yang is a classified as a flight risk and a national security concern. The recommendation to release him was labelled flawed and reckless.
“Since these incidents all involve aliens associated with the outlawed POGO operations, we will ensure that Senator Gatchalian is provided with all the pertinent documents and reports,” Viado said.
