Sen. Risa Hontiveros during a Senate hearing presented the Philippine birth certificate of resource person Tony Yang who confirmed prior that he is a Chinese national.
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00:00So, uh, Mr. Tony Yang, you confirm that you are a Chinese national?
00:06Kinokumpirmanyo na Chino ang nationality nyo?
00:11Your mic, please, Ms. Carolyn.
00:13Nen kyeren, nishi zhongguo ji ma?
00:16Uh, wo kyeren.
00:18Yes, I confirm.
00:20You confirm. So, do you also have a Philippine passport?
00:24Na, kinwun, ni ye yo Philippine de huzhao ma?
00:27Wo mayo Philippine de huzhao. Mayo.
00:30I don't have a Philippine passport. No.
00:32You don't? I heard differently. Do you have a Chinese passport?
00:35Na, niyo zhongguo de huzhao ma?
00:37Yo, yo zhongguo de huzhao.
00:39Yes, I have a Chinese passport.
00:41You have a Chinese passport.
00:43Ito po, ipa-flash ko ngayon.
00:45Birth certificate po ninyo.
00:47So, at ito birth certificate nyo dito sa Pilipinas.
00:52Late registration rin.
00:54Oh, ni-registro po ito, eto sir, nung 2004.
00:59So, just, uh, 15 years.
01:03Uh, 16 years after you arrived here.
01:06Ibig sabihin, 34 years old na kayo.
01:10Ah, nung na-register ang birth certificate nyo.
01:13You recognize this?
01:15Kinwun, ni nang rin chuu zige chuseng zheng ma?
01:19Wo, inwe zhe chuseng zheng, woye budung de ingwun, ho.
01:28Chusi, tangsi, aohsiang, wo lai zeibian, cha-pude, ingkai, liang-san lian, na.
01:34Tangsi, wo yeye, ta, ta budi-dao, zemayang, eh, chi-na-ni, lung-lai, ge-wo.
01:42Ta, chi-wo yeye, lung-lai, ge-wo de.
01:45Okay.
01:46Uh, I actually could not understand English.
01:49What I remember is that, uh, when I was here, when I was 2 to 3 years old,
01:54it was my grandfather who helped me, uh, come up with this birth certificate.
01:59You were not here when you were 2 to 3 years old, Mr. Yang.
02:03Sabi nyo dumating kayo 1998 or 1999.
02:07And then, uh, 2004 pa itong rehistro, 34 years old na po kayo.
02:14And then now you're telling us it was your grandfather who, uh, late-registered your live birth.
02:21So it looks to me, Mr. Yang, the birth certificate is fake.
02:25Remember you are answering under oath.
02:29Ms. Caroline, please.
02:32Um, um, wo-men-de, uh, chan-yi-yan, sho, jyo-shi,
02:37in-wee je-ge chu-sheng-zheng, ta-de-ryu-chi,
02:40ta bin-bu-shi zai ni-liang-san-sui, uh, chai-chu-lai-de chu-sheng-zheng.
02:44So-i, ze-in-gai-shi-jia-de chu-sheng-zheng.
02:50Your mic, please.
02:51Oh, oh, zhe-yang.
02:53In-wee tang-shi, wo ye-ye-ba, ta lung-ge-wo,
02:58wo-ye, wo-ye-bu-ji-dao, in-gai-ju-shi, we-le-yao-ze-sheng-yi-bi-jiao-fang-bian-ma,
03:04in-gai-shi-jia-yang-ma.
03:07During that time, it was my grandfather who helped me come up with this birth certificate,
03:12and I'm not sure maybe he did this for the convenience of the business here.
03:17Similar story as, uh, Guo Hua-ping,
03:21similar story as revealed by the S-S-P pro-tempore about Cassandra Lee Ong.
03:26We will ask the Philippine Statistics Authority to investigate if, like theirs,
03:31your Philippine birth certificate is also irregular.
03:35Dahil lumalabas, the birth certificate is fake.
03:38Eh, Mr. Yang, sabi nyo nga, you are a Chinese national,
03:43sabi nyo, wala kayong Philippine passport,
03:46bat kayo nagpapanggap na Pilipino?
03:50Miss, uh, Carolyn.
03:51You just said that you are a Chinese national,
03:54and you also said that you have a Philippine passport.
03:57Then why did you say that you are a Filipino?
04:02Huh?
04:03Why did you say that you are a Filipino?
04:09Because at that time, it was my grandfather who gave it to me.
04:15At that time, I didn't quite understand why he gave it to me.
04:21I thought that it was for my business in the Philippines.
04:30It was more convenient.
04:32That's what I thought.
04:35Because at that time, he gave it to me.
04:39It's been about 20 years now.
04:44Anyway, that's how it is.
04:49Okay.
04:50During that time, it was my grandfather who helped me process this birth certificate.
04:55I am not aware of this.
04:56Maybe he was thinking that it was for my convenience so that I can build a business here.