The
Bureau of Immigration (BI) is ready to provide information to authorities on
the supposed leader of Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who
is reportedly in the country.
In
an interview, BI Commissioner Siegfred Mison said that they will give the
travel information of Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir, alias Marwan, terrorist group
once the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) request for it.
"We
would provide all relevant data that we know about this person that would
somehow be helpful in arresting him but we have not received any request
yet," he said.
But,
Mison noted that they can also ask authorities to know the identify of the
person so that they can also check on it.
"We
will check the date of arrival. All the info from the AFP or other requesting
agency so we can help in the immediate arrest of these individuals," he
added.
The
BI chief said that they do not consider it as a problem but a challenge on how
to track down these individuals.
"I
would not say it’s a problem but it’s a challenge once they enter the country
they will not report to the BI anymore unless they need to extend their stay or
convert their visa and we rely on the records that they give us, example
passport information, and the arrival card that is the only data that we have
of them," he explained.
It
was reported that the head of the JI group is in the country particularly in
central Mindanao based on the information
gathered by the intelligence community.
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