Manila: The Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration (BI) has detained an American who was seen on a CCTV camera berating and physically attacking a delivery rider in Cebu City, central Philippines.

Phillip Justin Bean, 43, faces deportation as an undesirable alien.

He was taken on March 1 by agents from the BI's intelligence section on March 1 inside his hotel room in Day-as, Barangay Zapatera, Cebu City, Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco confirmed on Monday.

The American was seen in a viral video berating and physically assaulting a delivery rider in Cebu.

In a post on March 2, a tweep who claims to be Philip Justin Bean, claims he has lived in the Philippines for 12 years on and off and has invested his money in a local business. The tweet also claims he had been arrested for an overstay violation.

In order to prevent Bean from ever reentering the Philippines, he said, his name will be added to the immigration blacklist.