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Chris Brown may have left the Philippines on Friday but so what? The Department of Justice on Tuesday subpoenaed the 26-year-old R&B singer for the estafa case complaint filed against him and John Michael Pio Roda, his promoter.
According to this Inquirer report written by Yuji Vincent Gonzales, the subpoena was signed by Assistant State Prosecutor Christine Marie Buencamino.
The report continues: “Buencamino said Brown or his representative was entitled to examine all other evidence submitted by complainant Maligaya Development Corp (MDC), the overall administration and management of Ciudad de Victoria, the site of Philippine Arena where the American signer was supposed to perform on Dec. 31, 2014.”
Brown, who was in Manila for a July 21 concert, was prevented from leaving the country the day after his successful concert. The Bureau of Immigration put out a Lookout Bulletin Order against Brown, based on a complaint by MDC. The singer then spent 4 extra days cooped up in his hotel room in Manila, posting hotel room shenanigans on Instagram and then eventually deleting them.
But while Brown flew off to Macau, his promoter, John Michael Pio Roda, was in fact, arrested by immigration police last Fri, Jul 24, for fraud, according to Immigration spokeswoman Elaine Tan.
Roda, a Canadian national, was to be detained in Manila until the Immigration Bureau resolves his deportation case for fraud in connection with the Iglesia case and working in the country without a permit, Tan said.
