BI detains Chinese in taho incident

THE Bureau of Immigration ( BI) detained on Tuesday night the Chinese student who threw taho

( soy pudding) at a police officer on Saturday, February 9, hours after posting a P12,000-bail for direct assault charges.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente issued a mission order to gain custody of Zhang Jiale, 23, who had been charged as an undesirable alien for “posing a risk to public interest,” BI spokesman Dana Krizia

Sandoval said in a statement.

Zhang is being held at the BI Warden Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City while awaiting her deportation.

On Tuesday, the BI said it found probable cause to deport Zhang.

Also on Tuesday, the Mandaluyong City Prosecutor’s Office found basis to indict Zhang for direct assault and disobedience to an agent of authority and unjust vexation.

The Chinese student doused PO1 William Cristobal with taho at the MRT- 3 Boni Station in Mandaluyong City when she was refused entry because of the ban on liquid.

On Monday, the PNP awarded Cristobal the “Medalya ng Papuri” for his “professionalism and patience.”

The PNP said Cristobal’s commendable act was worthy of emulation by other PNP officers.

The chief of police of Mandaluyong City said Zhang was lucky because she encountered an eventempered police officer.

“Mabait si Cristobal. Tahimik pero maaasahan ( Cristobal is kind. He is quiet but dependable),” Senior Supt. Moises Villaceran Jr. told TheManilaTimes.

Villaceran said the Chinese student should be deported and declared