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After spending three extra days in Manila, the 26-year-old R&B star is finally on his way home.
According to this Inquirer.net report, Brown was able to secure the Emigration Clearance Certificate from the Bureau of Immigration that he needed to get out of the country on Friday afternoon.
Brown was not allowed to leave the Philippines on Wednesday because the organizer of his concert in December last year wanted to file an estafa case against him.
Brown had cancelled his New Year’s Eve appearance at the last minute, supposedly because he lost his passport.
According to the organizer, Brown and his promoter had already been paid for their services but failed to fulfil their obligations.
He was to perform at the newly built 55,000-seater Philippine Arena, built by the influential religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo.
As he prepared to leave the country on Wednesday, Brown was advised by Immigration officers and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to secure clearance from the Department of Justice, who had issued a Lookout Bulletin Order against him.
However, at around 5pm, a Department of Immigration lawyer denied it was a hold-departure order and that Brown was free to leave the country as soon as he is able to secure an Emigration Clearance Certificate from the BI office in Intramuros, where offices close at 5pm.
Then started his mini Manila vacation, which he spent uploading 15-second videos on Instagram and then deleting them.
On Friday morning, he turned serious on Twitter saying ‘somebody needs to be accountable for this’ and that ‘he did no wrong.’
Anyway, toodles!
