Vietnamese woman arrested in Naia for unruly behavior

Facade of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

MANILA, Philippines — A Vietnamese woman was arrested on Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 for unruly behavior.

According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), the woman, identified as 19-year-old Ban Thi Van, was arrested after an outburst during an immigration clearance to board a Cebu Pacific Air flight to Hanoi.

BI said Ban aggressively snatched her passport from the immigration officer during the inspection “and caused a scene by throwing herself at the floor and shouting.”

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“She reportedly streamed her outburst on social media, and caused disturbance in the immigration departure area,” the BI said.

Immigration officers sought the assistance of BI’s border control and intelligence unit, as well as airport police who then pacified the woman before her arrest.

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Ban was brought to the BI’s head office in Intramuros for inquest proceedings and was later transferred to the agency’s facility inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig pending deportation.

This arrest came just a month after another Vietnamese national caused a disturbance at the Naia Terminal 3 by running towards the final security checkpoint bare naked.