‘Protection’ racket at immigration hit

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) is again facing another scandal after a distraught mother of an abuse victim accused some bureau officials of “protecting” two Indians who operated a mining firm in the country and who molested her young daughter.

In an interview with The Manila Times, Neri Coral, mother of 15-year-old “Katy” (not her real name), claimed that BI officials whom she did not name were giving undue protection to Maqsood Ahmed Khan and Koyanna Venogupal Khrisna Reddy, who were recently arrested and jailed in Quezon City.