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Chiu Bok vs. Republic of the Phil.

In re PETITION FOR ADMISSION AS CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, CHIU BOK alias DAVID CHIU, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33568 | 1988-06-20

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal interposed by the Government from the decision . . of the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Norte, dated 26 September 1968, in Naturalization Case No. R-58 which declared that the petitioner Chiu Bok alias David Chiu possessed all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to be admitted a citizen of the Philippines and granted his application for naturalization.

In support of its appeal, the Government, represented by the Solicitor General, enumerated several grounds for the disqualification of the petitioner, foremost of which is, that the petitioner did not conduct...