

For punching a lady lawyer who happened to be the daughter of Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia, a Japanese national is now in hot water. This was after Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan ordered Tuesday the arrest and detention of Isao Tanaka a.k.a. Dick Tanaka for being an undesirable alien. Tanaka, 65, was immediately arrested by airport immigration officials and brought to the office of Libanan Tuesday afternoon...In her affidavit, lawyer Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia-Codilla [not right], daughter of the incumbent Cebu governor, narrated that the incident between her and Tanaka happened around noon Tuesday at the arrival area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport centennial terminal. Codilla alleged that Tanaka, who shared Philippine Airlines flight PR 848 with her, punched her in the back after complaining that she had placed her pushcart in front of the carousel. When asked why he did it to her, Tanaka sarcastically replied: "Then you can just punch me back." This prompted the woman to call the attention of the airport police who, in turn, sought the help of the NAIA immigration officials who then arrested the Japanese...more...