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In re: Petition of Tan Teng Hen vs. Republic of the Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF TAN TENG HEN alias FRANCISCO TAN TENG HEN TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. TAN TENG HEN alias FRANCISCO TAN TENG HEN, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-movant-appellant.c

G.R. No. L-31862 | 1974-08-21

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

The Republic of the Philippines appealed from the order of the Court of First Instance of Quezon Province, denying its petition to declare void the decision granting Philippine citizenship to Tan Teng Hen and to revoke his naturalization (Naturalization Case No. 204).

The record shows that on June 29, 1962 Tan Teng Hen, a citizen of Nationalist China, filed in the lower court a petition for naturalization. He alleged therein that he was born on February 25, 1923 in Lamoa, Foochow, China and that he came to the Philippines in 1931 on board the SS Susana. He further alleged, inter alia, that his full name is Tan...