Also expels ambassador in Manila
(Eagle News) –Kuwait is expelling Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa amid tensions arising over the treatment of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country.
News agency KUNA added Kuwait was also expelling its ambassador in Manila, even after the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs gave its assurance it would respect the country after it protested Philippine Embassy officials’ alleged illegal rescue of OFWs there, and their remarks that allegedly constituted serious offenses against the state.
According to KUNA, Villa, who was also declared persona non grata, has one week to leave the Middle Eastern country.
A total ban on the deployment of OFWs in the country is in place after President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Kuwait following the death of OFW Joanna Demafelis.
Demafelis was found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment.