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ONG CHIA v. REPUBLIC

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2006-03-24
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
In the same vein, the failure to state all the required details in the notice of hearing, like the name of applicant's witnesses, as in the instant case, constitutes a fatal defect.  The publication of the affidavit of said witnesses did not cure the omission of their names in the notice of hearing.  It is a settled rule that naturalization laws should be rigidly enforced and strictly construed in favor of the government and against the applicant.[14]