Official who returned $1,000 wants to remain anonymous
Published: June 18, 2005
An official of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) set a good example by returning close to S$1,000 or about P55,000 to a travel agency owner, who left it at the immigration arrival counter at the Davao International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
But Benjamin Lao, BI regional alien control officer, yesterday said the BI official wants to remain anonymous.
The unidentified BI official, Lao said, discovered an envelop at his counter around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
He said the BI official took the envelope home because it has no markings outside.
Contact
When he opened it on Tuesday evening, he found a form of the Philam Insurance Company and S$923 in cash, Lao said.
He said the BI official found the name Dolores Marquez in the insurance form and a telephone number.
But because it was past office hours, he decided to return the envelope and the money the next day.
Lao said the official phoned Marquez, who turned out to be the owner of the New World Travel agency, around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Argument
“He even had an argument with one of Marquez’s staffer because he won’t give his identity,” Lao said.
Lao said when the BI official told the staffer he found Marquez’s money, he was given a direct line to the travel agency owner.
Lao said Marquez was thankful her money was returned.
Based on Marquez’s account, she enplaned from Singapore via Silk Air on Tuesday and forgot her envelop when she submitted her immigration form.
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