Immigration chief Joel Viado says Harry Roque did not leave the country via formal channels. Viado adds, “He most probably falsified immigration clearances to be accepted by his destination country.”
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00:00Immigration chief Joel Viado says Harry Roque did not leave the country via formal channels.
00:06Viado adds, quote,
00:07he most probably falsified immigration clearances to be accepted by his destination country.
00:13Roque's travel to the UAE was known only when he needed to go to the embassy in Abu Dhabi
00:18to swear in his counter-affidavit to a human trafficking complaint.
00:21Roque says he went to Abu Dhabi to subscribe to his affidavit, but claims he is no longer there.
00:26He also says he is still outside the country.
00:29DFA spokesperson Teresita Daza says the Philippine embassy in Abu Dhabi
00:34extended consular services to Roque and his wife.
00:37The two presented valid passports and appear to have stayed in the UAE legally.
00:42By August, the DOJ included him in the Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order, or ILBO,
00:46in relation to the Porak Pampanga scam farm.
00:49By September, the House Quad Committee ordered his arrest and detention
00:53after he stopped attending hearings.
00:55The ILBO and House warrant are not enough to prevent Roque from traveling abroad.
00:59To this day, there is still no court-issued warrant for Roque
01:03and thus no legal barrier for him to leave the country.