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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9lj1C86pZKw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The deportation of a Filipina caregiver in Taiwan who criticized President Duterte over the Philippine government&#x27;s response to the coronavirus pandemic rests on Taipei and Beijing, Malacanang said Wednesday. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/29/20/taiwan-rejects-call-for-deportation-of-pinay-caregiver">OFW office seeks deportation of worker in Taiwan for ‘nasty, malevolent’ posts vs Duterte</a></li></ul><p>Taiwan’s foreign ministry earlier rejected calls for the Filipina&#x27;s deportation, saying foreign workers enjoy &quot;citizen treatment&quot; and that their rights, including freedom of expression, should be respected. </p><p>&quot;We leave the Filipino caregiver to the jurisdiction of Taiwanese authorities because deportation is really a decision to be made by Taiwanese authorities, which forms part of China,&quot; Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque told ANC. </p><p>&quot;We leave that wholly to the decision of Taiwan and China. Taiwan is part of China,&quot; he added. </p><p>Taiwan is governed entirely separately from China, even as Beijing claims the island as its own. </p><p>Taipei and Manila have close economic and cultural ties, but no formal diplomatic relations, as the Philippines, like most countries, only recognizes the government in Beijing, and not in Taipei.</p><p>Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) chairman Angelito Banayo earlier said a labor official in Manila had brought to the attention of a Philippine official in Taichung the caregiver&#x27;s social media post against the President.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/20/no-curtailment-of-freedom-of-expression-amid-deportation-move-vs-taiwan-ofw-meco">No curtailment of freedom of expression amid deportation move vs Taiwan OFW: MECO</a></li></ul><p>This prompted the Taichung labor official to act &quot;unilaterally,&quot; he added.</p><p>&quot;Apparently, it was either the labor attaché on his own, unilaterally took action or received directions from home office,&quot; he told ANC.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;d like to assure the people, you know I&#x27;ve been the subject of 6 libel cases in the past... I would be the last person to countenance any curtailment of freedom of expression.&quot;</p><p>The Filipina migrant worker in Taiwan is set to appear before Philippine labor officials in Yunlin country to explain the incident, said the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) there. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/28/20/chr-alarmed-over-dole-move-to-deport-ofw-in-taiwan-over-anti-duterte-posts">CHR alarmed over DOLE move to deport OFW in Taiwan over &#x27;anti-Duterte&#x27; posts</a></li></ul><div><strong>With a report from Reuters </strong></div>

<p>The deportation of a Filipina caregiver in Taiwan who criticized President Duterte over the Philippine government's response to the coronavirus pandemic rests on Taipei and Beijing, Malacanang said Wednesday. <br /> </p>

The deportation of a Filipina caregiver in Taiwan who criticized President Duterte over the Philippine government's response to the coronavirus pandemic rests on Taipei and Beijing, Malacanang said Wednesday.