00:00Sheila Guo faced the hearing of her deportation case earlier
00:04where she compared her current appearance to the pictures on her passports.
00:10John Consulta was there.
00:16It was past 8 in the morning when the hearing of the Board of Special Inquiry of the Bureau of Immigration
00:22on Sheila Guo's deportation case, also known as Zangnir, started.
00:27Sheila was closely watched by the NBI personnel when she personally attended the hearing.
00:32Officials from the Philippine Statistics Authority and the DFA were also there.
00:36As a Filipino citizen, the B.I. filed a misrepresentation against Sheila
00:41because of two passports obtained from her, a Filipino passport and three Chinese passports.
00:47During the proceedings, a picture was presented
00:51where Sheila can be seen sitting with another B.I.
00:55I asked Sheila Guo, she denied receiving the notice and signing it.
01:02She said she didn't know, maybe she was just stressed,
01:04but I put it on the screen, she signed it, she signed it.
01:09In front of my serving officer, the former officer, she signed it and signed it.
01:15All of these things, the documents, fingerprints, pictures,
01:22are in our jurisdiction to use.
01:25At one point in the hearing, Sheila was shown a picture from her passports.
01:32For my own evaluation, we can see the facial features of Sheila Guo
01:39because she is denying that the passport is there, the person is there.
01:44So that I can have a reasonable opinion on what is really happening.
01:49But that event alone will not by itself determine the outcome of this case.
01:55There are a lot of documents.
01:56Within seven days of the memorandum, Sheila's camp was submitted
02:00before the decision was made by the Board of Special Inquiry within 15 days.
02:05According to the B.I., it is also possible that Sheila's son, Alice Guo,
02:10was involved in an alleged deportation case in the middle of questioning her Filipino identity.
02:15But according to the B.I., if it is proven that there is an allegation of a local case here in the Philippines,
02:20the court will have to issue a judgment before the deportation can be carried out.
02:25What is so important about the case of Ms. Sheila Guo is this is a precedent-setting case, precedent.
02:33There are a lot of cases like this.
02:35So it can be on the basis of our procedures, on the basis of our exchanges,
02:40this is also what we will do in the future. We will not delay it any longer.
02:45While the B.I. was on his way to leave, we tried to get a statement from Sheila, but she did not speak.
02:51For GMA Integrated News, John Consulta, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
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