U.S. singer Chris Brown has been barred from leaving the
Philippines because of a contract dispute, the official Philippines News Agency
reported Wednesday.
Brown was stopped
Wednesday morning while preparing to depart on a private jet from Manila's
international airport on his way to Hong Kong for a concert, the news agency
said.
The Philippine
Department of Justice said that an order had been issued Tuesday night to stop
any attempts by Brown, 26, to leave the country.
Brown performed a
concert that evening as planned, but the order was put in place to compel him
to pay back money that promoters said was owed to them after he failed to
appear for a previous appearance scheduled for last New Year's Eve.
That concert was
supposed to take place at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, north of Manila.
The Bureau of
Immigration said Brown and his promoter John Michael Pio Roda were both subject
to an immigration lookout bulletin, but they could seek a clearance certificate
that could allow them to leave if the Department of Justice consented.
-CNN
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