Casino and junket operator Jack Lam left the Philippines days before the authorities announced they were seeking his arrest for bribery and illegal online gambling.

On Saturday, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa gave an interview with dzMM Radio saying his officers had launched a nationwide manhunt to arrest Lam (pictured), reportedly on the direct orders of President Rodrigo Duterte, for bribery and “economic sabotage.”

On Sunday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) released a statement saying travel records indicate that Lam Yin Yok (believed to be Lam’s real name) left the Philippines on Nov. 29 on a Cathay Pacific flight bound for Hong Kong. Lam’s attorney Raymond Fortun has yet to publicly comment on either the charges or Lam’s current whereabouts.

Last week, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II accused Lam, the founder of leading Macau junket operator Jimei Group, of offering bribes to obtain the release of the 1,316 Chinese nationals arrested on Nov. 24 for illegally working at an online gambling operation run out of Lam’s Fontana Casino in the Clark Freeport.