A Filipina wrongly arrested in
Japanese immigration authorities might have overlooked the case of Adelaida Bondoc Hashizume, who was applying for a new visa when she was arrested, said Philippine ambassador to Tokyo Domingo Siazon.
Siazon said Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo had appealed for Hashizume and two other jailed Filipinas during his official visit to
“The secretary informed the [Japanese] justice minister that prior to their arrests, the women had either filed or were about to file their visa applications, or were already awaiting the results of those applications,” Siazon said. Ferdinand Fabella
Manila Standard Today
April 15, 2006
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