source: Sandy Araneta | philstar.com
Graham Lim, the controversial secretary-general of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) who has pending deportation cases since 2006 due to citizenship issue, was arrested yesterday at the Makati City Hall by NBI Interpol agents.
Lim was immediately brought to the Bureau of Immigration in Intramuros reportedly for deportation proceedings.
He, however, maintained he is a Filipino and that his arrest was politically motivated.
“This is politics. This is because of basketball. They want to remove me from my post (at the BAP). They just want to get what they want,” Lim said.
He stressed that his arrest warrant for a case of falsification of public documents has already been dismissed. Charges were filed against him earlier for allegations that he was carrying a fake Philippine passport.
“I was born here. I do not know why I am being deported,” said Lim, who has a Filipino wife and two children.
He added: “I have a warrant that was already dismissed. I do not know why they are arresting me.
“I was born here. I have been living here for half a century now. I was born in Manila. My mother is from Tuguegarao. My father is from China. But my mother is from Cagayan Valley,” Lim said.
He added that there is still an ongoing trial in a Pasay City court for falsification of passport filed by the BI and the DFA.
Lim’s former deputy in the BAP, Emmanuel Perez de Tagle and international referee Liberato Valenzuela, had produced papers substantiating their claims that Lim was a fake Filipino citizen.
Charges were then subsequently filed in court, the BI and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
The DFA earlier ruled Lim an illegal alien and eventually withdrew his Philippine passport.
The BI likewise officially declared Lim as a Taiwanese citizen.
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hahahaha, buti nga sayo...
filipino chinese sya...wag syang ipadeport... give the man a chance to change...what he has done in the past should remain in the past..lets all keep moving forward..
dapat yan sayo,,,kasi illegal alien ka na nga nanggugulo ka pa...itapon yan sa dagat at pabayaan lumangoy papuntang china...hehehe
filipino chinese sya...wag syang ipadeport... give the man a chance to change...what he has done in the past should remain in the past..lets all keep moving forward..
Kaso siya ay nangugulo up to now (present and future, not past)
pauwiin na yan wala na yan ginawa maganda sa pinas.puro panggugulo.isama na si pichay...
bills
Ever since bulok na yang singkit na yan past, present at ang future nya - mabulok sa kulungan. Hahaha
sarap bunutan isa-isa yung bigote o!
lagot kang chekwa ka!!! hahaha!
nangugulo kasi,yan mapapala..
bwahahaha buti nga karma ? :P
good 4 him, he deserves it. he has done a hell of a mess 2 phi. basketball. an extremely incompetent and anomalous leader of BAP, Lim had done more harm dan good 2 phi. basketball. no wonder he has no concern 2 d sport closest 2 d heart of pinoys, eh chinese citizen pala sya eh. dapat c former cong. pichay & all deyr cohorts sa BAP e deport din. wala ng ginawa ang mga yan kundi humanap ng paraan para ma reinstate ang BAP. phi. basketball is headed 4 recovery with SBP, which is being run by pipol who are realy sincere in helping phi. baketbal. di kagaya ng mga oficials ng BAP who think nothing but 2 perpetuate deyr bested interest at d expense of phi. basketbol.
Finally. Hopefully he can already get deported ASAP. Hopefully he won't be able to go on bail or have a chance to delay deportation by filing many motions of reconsiderations in many courts.
buti naman wala na ang salot sa basketball.
wag nyo na ipagtanggol kasi.
good 4 him, Lim is just one of d many termites of phi. basketball out 2 destroy d sport 2 so dat deyr selfish agenda are meet. isama dpat e deport c former cong. Pichay na gustong pumapel sa sports para sa pansariling kapakanan. ano bang alam sa basketball ng mga taong ito? wat does a traditional politician & a gambling lord like pichay know about basketball? phi. basketball needs leaders who hav d sincerity in improving d sport, not pipol like lim & pichay whos internal motives are a big question mark.