VP Binay wants Asiatique owner’s passport cancelled
- Written by Tribune
- Saturday, 14 July 2012
Aside from cancelling Lee’s passport, the government could also request for Lee to be extradited back to the country, he added.
“Pag na-trace yan sa abroad, magpa-file sa pamahalaan na kung pwede ay pabalikin dito kasi may kaso. Para bang pinapa-cancel mo ‘yong pasaporte,” Binay said in an interview Thursday.
The GA owner has an outstanding warrant of arrest issued against him for syndicated estafa in connection with GA’s Xevera housing project in Mabalacat, Pampanga.
The Vice President said he feared Lee’s escape, if true, will lead to loss of the public’s trust in the government.
“Ito po ang mga pagkakataong nawawalan ng tiwala ang mga kababayan natin sapagkat maliwanag pa sa araw ang kasong ito at talagang hot issue ang kasong ‘yon,” he said.
Binay, chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, said he will not allow Lee to escape arrest and vowed to help the public regain its trust in the country’s judicial system.
“Hindi po ako papayag. Ibabalik po natin ang tiwala ng taumbayan,” he said.
He added he has written the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to confirm if Lee had indeed left the country..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/1499-vp-binay-wants-asiatique-owner%E2%80%99s-passport-cancelled
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