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Ong Chia vs RP and CA

ONG CHIA, petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 127240 | 2000-03-27

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision1 [Per Justice Bernardo Ll. Salas, and concurred in by Justices Gloria C. Paras and Ma. Alicia Austria Martinez.] of the Court of Appeals reversing the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 24, Koronadal, South Cotabato2 [Presided by Judge Rodolfo C. Soledad.] admitting petitioner Ong Chia to Philippines citizenship.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner was born on January 1, 1923 in Amoy, China. In 1932, as a nine-year old boy, he arrived at the port of Manila on board the vessel "Angking." Since then, he has stayed in the Philippines where he found...