THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its agents have arrested an American, whose video showing him berating and physically assaulting a delivery rider, in Cebu City recently went viral on social media.
According to Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, operatives from the BI Intelligence Division arrested on March 1, 43-year-old Phillip Justin Bean inside his hotel room in Brgy. Day-as, Zapatera, Cebu City.
Tansingco said he issued a mission order for Bean’s arrest after investigation revealed that the American is already overstaying in the country for almost a year.
BI records reportedly showed that his last extension of stay was on April 7, 2022, thus he already overstayed his tourist visa by 11 months.
“He has no right to verbally and physically abuse a Filipino. His actions show that he is abusing the hospitality of our country. He should be deported for being an undesirable alien,” Tansingco said.
He added that Bean will be included in the immigration blacklist to perpetually ban him from re-entering the Philippines.
Tansingco also bared that Bean appears to be an illegally working alien as it was learned that he also works as duty manager for a bar in Cebu City without the required work permit and visa.
