Tony Yang confirms he is a Chinese national; explains possession of Philippine birth certificate

GMA Integrated News

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.

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