2 Pinoys charged in UAE court for 'cheating' in blood test

05/12/2010 | 08:05 AM

A Filipino plumber and his friend were charged before a court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this month over an attempt to “cheat" in a blood test at a health center last November.

UAE-based news site Khaleej Times reported the plumber tried to take the place of his friend in taking the medical test required by the Dubai Health Department.

While the report did not name the two Filipinos, it said one of them was a plumber and the other was a clerk. The two were aged 25 and 32, the report added.

The plumber was charged with forgery last Sunday before the Court of First Instance, while the clerk was charged with abetting to a bid to commit forgery.

Court records showed the clerk, who was suffering from a disease, asked the plumber to take the blood test for him. The report did not specify the disease.

Investigation showed the clerk, accompanied by the plumber, visited a health center in Muhaisna 2 last Nov. 2.

“After receiving his documents, I told him to go to the test room to take his blood sample," the director, an Indian, told prosecutors.

But when the technician, also an Indian national, called out the clerk, it was the plumber who stepped forward.

The staff became suspicions on checking the photo on the application form the clerk had filed.

The technician said during the investigation that the plumber proceeded to the room where they collect blood samples.

He said the plumber entered after the staff called out the name of his friend.

“I asked his name and he gave me his friend’s name. He extended his arm so I could take a blood sample," claimed the technician who reported the incident to the director.

The technician and the director informed the security guards, who arrested the two Filipinos. — LBG, GMANews.TV

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