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Luong Kathleen Thi Trang Hoang used an American passport to try and help a boy get into the United States by claiming he's her son. -ST --></TD></TR><TR>
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content_subtitle align=left>Fri, Aug 07, 2009
The Straits Times </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=400 align=right><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=right>
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</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right><FORM method=post name=emailToFriendForm action=emailToFriend.jsp><INPUT value=/vgn-ext-templating/asiaone/emailToFriend.jsp?vgnextoid=8986f603a32f2210VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=6c2523b606d2a110VgnVCM100000bd0a0a0aRCRD type=hidden name=emailToFriendPageURL> <INPUT value=http://www.asiaone.com/News/the%2BStraits%2BTimes/Story/A1Story20090807-159659.html type=hidden name=emailToFriendStoryLink>
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She used an American passport in the name of Nguyen Chau Mai, but her real name is Luong Kathleen Thi Trang Hoang. The boy's American passport bore the name of her 12-year-old son Phan Andrew, but he is really Nguyen Quoc Tuan, eight, from Vietnam.
As her facial features did not match those of the photo in her passport, she was quizzed by immigration officers.
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Luong Kathleen Thi Trang Hoang used an American passport to try and help a boy get into the United States by claiming he's her son. -ST --></TD></TR><TR>
The Straits Times </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=400 align=right><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=right>
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</FORM><SCRIPT> function openEmailA1AdminWindow(emailToFriendForm) { var emailToFriendPageURL = emailToFriendForm.emailToFriendPageURL.value; emailToFriendForm.action = emailToFriendPageURL; emailToFriendForm.target="_blank"; emailToFriendForm.submit(); } </SCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!-- Story Without Image / With eXtra Large Image End --><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- CONTENT : start -->ONE night in March, a 34-year-old Vietnamese American woman arrived in Singapore from Kuala Lumpur with a child she claimed was her son.She used an American passport in the name of Nguyen Chau Mai, but her real name is Luong Kathleen Thi Trang Hoang. The boy's American passport bore the name of her 12-year-old son Phan Andrew, but he is really Nguyen Quoc Tuan, eight, from Vietnam.
As her facial features did not match those of the photo in her passport, she was quizzed by immigration officers.
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