Inquirer photo/Grig C. Montegrande
MANILA, Philippines — Authorities arrested a Vietnamese woman at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Monday for unruly behavior.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) identified the woman as Ban Thi Van, a 19-year-old Vietnamese who initially presented herself for immigration clearance to board a Cebu Pacific Air flight to Hanoi.
Upon inspection, however, the BI said Ban “aggressively snatched” her passport from the immigration officer and caused a scene when she threw herself on the floor and screamed.
READ: BI nabs wanted Chinese after applying for visa extension
“She reportedly streamed her outburst on social media, and caused [a] disturbance in the immigration departure area,” the bureau reported.
BI officers sought help from the bureau’s border control and intelligence unit, airport police, and the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group to pacify Ban.
She was later taken to the BI’s head office in Intramuros for inquest proceedings and transferred to the agency’s facility inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City pending her deportation. —Jane Bautista