(CNN) — Singer Chris Brown left the Philippines on Friday (July 24) after a contract dispute initially prevented him from departing the country.
The 26-year-old singer headed out for Hong Kong at 9:30 p.m. local time, Eric Apolinario, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, told CNN.
A video posted to Brown’s Twitter account seemed to corroborate the departure.
“Manila, it was fun. I love y’all man,” the singer said in the video.
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The Philippine Department of Justice issued an order this week to prevent Brown from leaving. The order was to force him to pay promoters who said the singer owed them money after failing to appear for a scheduled performance on New Year’s Eve.
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Brown is scheduled to appear Friday night in Macau. Tickets are almost $600.
