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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – A police officer who allegedly harassed a female anti-Marcos protester on social media is facing investigation.
Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said Police Officer 1 Christian Raizo Plantinos will also be subjected to another neuropsychiatric test — and will be dismissed from the service if he fails.
“Bakit naging pulis iyon? Baka hindi nakapasa sa neuropsychiatric exam iyon,” the Philippine National Police chief told a news conference at Camp Crame, the national police headquarters, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 22.
“Bakit ganoon ang utak noong pulis na iyon? Ipa-neuro ko ulit. Kapag bumagsak, tanggal sa serbisyo,” he stressed.
Plantinos is currently assigned at the Bacolod City Police Office’s Public Safety Company.
He earned the ire of netizens after posting on Facebook a lewd comment on Anna Nicole de Castro who protested the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Facebook user Jose Vener Ibarra, a lawyer, posted a screenshot showing the police officer’s comments on a photo of de Castro.
“Dalawa tayo i-threesome ta siya hahaha,” Plantinos wrote. His Facebook account has since been deactivated.
Dela Rosa condemned the officer for making the perverted comment.
“Dapat ipakita mo na maginoo ka, mabait, matino, at kagalang-galang, hindi iyong bastos ka na pulis,” he stressed.
Plantinos was replying to another comment by user “IsaBuhay Dugongbughaw” that stated, “Miss skin knalang…Ipapatikim ko sayo ang marshall law sa kama…liligaya ka pa at magugustuhan mo pa at mararanasan mo kung ano ang marshall law sa kama…yummy chika pepet…nyahaha.”
Another user “Richard Tadena Olamit” said, “ahahah pakantot nlng miss…Ang hot mo,” while “Voltaire de Leon” commented, “ganda nito ahh…Future pornstar. Sarap putukan sa bibig. Come to papa, l’ll fill your mouth and your pockets too. #LOLOL.”
But Plantinos claimed a friend who went to the Facebook application on his smartphone made the comment without his knowledge.
He told a broadcast news outlet he was surprised by the backlash and expressed regret in letting someone borrow his phone.
“Dapat lantawon gid naton kon sin-o ang ginapakapot naton sa cell phone ta. Ang budlay pa gid kon ma-hack ang cell phone mo,” he said.
Meanwhile Chief Inspector Dianne Catedral, Police Regional Office 18 spokesperson, said, “If he (Plantinos) really made a perverted comment, that’s very wrong. He could face administrative and criminal charges.”
Catedral reminded all Negros Island Region police officers not to make political comments on social media and to remain neutral on political matters.
De Castro joined Sen. Risa Hontiveros in a news conference on Tuesday after the latter filed three bills seeking more protection for women against sexual harassment and violence, including attacks on social media.
The measures are Senate Bill (SB) 1251, which seeks to punish those behind misogynistic and homophobic attacks on social media; SB 1252, or the Anti-Rape Act; and SB 1250, or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill.
Victims of misogynistic and homophobic attacks online are usually the youth, according to Hontiveros, chairwoman of the committee on women, children, family relations, and gender equality.
“The attacks have the effect of silencing this expression and contributing to a culture of misogyny and hate,” Hontiveros said./PN
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