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Republic Of The Phil. Vs. William Li Yao, 214 scra 748

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, movant-appellee, vs. WILLIAM LI YAO, petitioner-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35947 | 1992-10-20

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the then Court of First Instance of Manila over twenty years ago, or on July 22, 1971, cancelling the certificate of naturalization of William Li Yao as well as from the order dated December 28, 1971 denying Li Yao's motion for reconsideration.

William Li Yao, a Chinese national, filed a petition for naturalization on June 3, 1948 with the then Court of First Instance of Manila, which petition was docketed as Case No. 8225. 1

After several hearings on the petition were held wherein the Office of the Solicitor General, in representation of the Republic of the Philippines...