US cancels de la Rosa’s visa
Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:17:16 +0000
SEN. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Wednesday confirmed that the United States had canceled his visa.
The senator said he wrote to the US Embassy in Manila in December 2019 to ask if his visa, which was supposed to expire in 2022, had been canceled.
“I sent an official letter to the US Embassy inquiring from them, if really my visa was cancelled,” said the chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs.
“I received the official answer, the day before my birthday, January 20. It was a good birthday gift. They informed me that my visa is no longer valid for travel to US,” he said.
He added that no reason was given by the embassy.
Asked if the visa revocation was linked to his alleged involvement in alleged extrajudicial killing of suspected drug personalities, he said, “most likely.” BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO