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Kian Sy vs. Rp

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION OF TAN KIAN SY TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. TAN KIAN SY, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31376 | 1972-07-28

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J:

Appeal by the Government from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Surigao del Norte, 15th Judicial District, in its Naturalization Case No. 43, declaring petitioner-appellee Tan Kian Sy entitled to be admitted as a citizen of the Philippines.

Petitioner-appellee is single, and like his parents, is a citizen of Nationalist China. He was born on 28 April 1943 in Loreto, Surigao del Norte. Be is registered as an alien in the Bureau of Immigration and he never left the country since birth. Except for the 5th grade which petitioner-appellee took in Surigao Chinese School, Surigao del Norte, he...