Morales and her family returned to Manila late Tuesday after she was turned away by Hong Kong immigration officials upon their arrival before noon that day. Hui said Morales' brief detention at the immigration office at Hong Kong International Airport was for "political reasons" instead of security reasons. Morales believes that she was turned away from Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of China, due to her filing to the ICC. But this action from Hong Kong immigration officials only fuelled her resolve to urge the ICC to act on their communication, Morales said. Morales also said that she was neither shocked nor awed when she was denied entry to Hong Kong.

Source: Philippine Star May 22, 2019 06:55 UTC