Duterte denied knowledge of a plan to construct a casino on Boracay, but official photos show the president meeting with GEG representatives, led by its chairman Lui Che-Woo and vice chairman Francis Lui Yiu Tiung, at the Presidential Palace on December 6, 2017. 
Duterte alikanusha kufahamu mpango wa kujenga kasino kwenye kisiwa cha Baracoy, pamoja na uwepo wa picha rasmi za serikali zinazoonesha mkutano wa Rais na wawakilishi wa kampuni ya GEG , ulioongozwa na Mwenyekiti wake Lui Che-Woo na Naibu Mwenyekiti Francis Lui Yiu Tiung, wakiwa katika makazi ya Raid mapema tarehe 6 Disemba, 2017.