2 ALIENS ACCUSED OF CHILD MOLESTATION PREVENTED FROM ENTERING PH

TWO foreigners accused of being sex offenders were prevented from entering the country at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the latest to be arrested as 39-year-old Zachary Tyler Thompson.

Thompson was intercepted at the NAIA Terminal 1 on January 1 after arriving aboard a Philippine Airlines from Los Angeles.

He was convicted both in 2013 and 2015 for possessing obscene materials depicting a minor in sexual conduct and for annoying or molesting a child under 18 years of age.

Meanwhile the BI also reported the interception of 46-year-old Paul Neal Coltharp at the NAIA terminal 1 last December 27,

Coltharp arrived aboard an Eva Air flight from Taipei.

According to the US government, a California court convicted Coltharp of child molestation in 1998 wherein the victim is a 14-year-old girl.

Both aliens were immediately excluded and flown back to their port of origin. Their names have likewise been included in the BI blacklist of undesirable aliens.

The BI chief explained that as registered sex offenders (RSOs) both Thompson and Coltharp are excludable aliens under the Immigration Act, which forbids the entry of aliens convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude.