Michael Yang’s brother arrested at NAIA – BI

Philippine News Agency

MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested on Thursday the older brother of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang.

Yang Jianxin, 54, was arrested by elements of the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) and intelligence division (ID) in cooperation with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC).

Yang was arrested upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 aboard a Cebu Pacific flight from Cagayan de Oro.

Yang, who also uses the alias Antonio Lim, was the subject of a mission order issued by the BI ordering his arrest.

He faces a deportation case for undesirability and misrepresentation, after allegedly misrepresenting himself as a Filipino and falsifying information regarding to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) certification of Phil Sanjia Corporation which he owns, as reported by the PAOCC.

Filipino employees of the company were also said to have filed complaints for his non-remittance of their Social Security System (SSS), PagIBIG, and PhilHealth contributions.

Yang was turned over to the custody of the PAOCC, which will likewise conduct an investigation on the complaints they received.

BI officer in charge Joel Anthony Viado clarified that if found guilty, Yang would face deportation and blacklisting.

However, deportation will only commence upon the resolution of all pending cases in the Philippines, he said in a news release.