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Hold departure order eyed vs. Gwyneth Chua


The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said it is planning to file a hold departure order against the returning Filipino from the United States who skipped mandatory quarantine and attended a party in Makati.

According to Ian Cruz’s “24 Oras” report on Wednesday, the CIDG is preparing to file the hold departure order a day after it lodged a complaint before the Makati Prosecutor's Office.

Gwyneth Chua, her parents, five hotel personnel and her boyfriend were cited in the complaint for violation of Republic Act 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act.

“We are planning to file yung hold departure order para during the trial palagi pong maka-attend si Ms. Chua doon sa court hearing. In coordination po doon sa Makati Prosecutor’s Office,” the CIDG said.

(We are planning to file the hold departure order so that Ms. Chua can always attend the court hearing. We will file it in coordination with the Makati Prosecutor’s Office.)

CIDG Director Police Major General Albert Ferro also ordered to file a supplemental complaint against Chua.

Meanwhile, the CIDG personnel were also contacting those who were companions of Chua who attended the party.

“Yung mga kasama po during the dinner nasa quarantine pa po sila, kinocontact po natin para mainterview para magbigay po sila ng statement. Initially, po ang tinitignan natin yung dahil po nahawa sila doon po sa reckless imprudence,” the CIDG added.

(Those who were with her during the dinner are still in quarantine, we are contacting them for an interview so that they can give a statement. Initially, we are looking at the possible angle that they were infected due to reckless imprudence.)

According to the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ), they were still waiting for the result of the genome sequencing samples from Chua to identify which COVID-19 variant she acquired.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has suspended the accreditation of Berjaya Makati Hotel and revoked its permit as a multiple-use hotel for its failure to stop a guest from breaking quarantine rules.

“Berjaya Hotel Makati was also fined equivalent to twice the rack rate of its most expensive room,” the DOT said.

For Berjaya Makati Hotel’s part, it came forward and appealed for kindness, saying it does not tolerate violators amid public concerns on the establishment’s protocols.

“We don’t tolerate violators nor entertain thoughts of being a connection,” it said in a statement.—Richa Noriega/LDF, GMA News

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