Two Filipino women who were victims of fake marriage to Chinese men were prevented from boarding their flight bound for China, while their supposed husbands were arrested by immigration authorities.
The victims, whose names were withheld, attempted to depart on board a Xiamen Air flight bound for China with their supposed Chinese husbands at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
The victims, aged 36 and 24, claimed to be China-bound to visit the families of their alleged husbands.
One of them presented a certificate of marriage from the office of the civil registrar, while the other showed a 2023 Philippine Statistics Authority marriage certificate with an apostille certification.
However, the victims admitted that the certificates were merely processed by their husbands through an agent, and no such wedding took place.