THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) released from its custody on Tuesday Sister Patricia Fox, an Australian missionary, a day after she was apprehended for allegedly engaging in partisan politics.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente approved a recommendation of the BI legal division headed by lawyer Arvin Cesar Santos that Fox be released for further investigation after it was established that the Australian nun holds a valid missionary visa and, thus, she is a properly documented alien.

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