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MANILA, Philippines — Police are eyeing criminal complaints against a man suspected to be responsible for a video that showed motorists at a standstill along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, allegedly due to the convoy of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Lt. Col. May Genio, commander of the Holy Spirit police station, identified the person as Janus Munar, whom she described as a staunch critic of Duterte, based on his Facebook posts.

“We are baffled why he was in the middle of the road and trying to agitate the motorists,” Genio said in Filipino during an interview over Radyo 630 dwPM.

Genio said they are eyeing a cybercrime complaint against Munar but clarified that an investigation is still ongoing.

Sought for comment, Munar vehemently denied that he was the one who took a video of the traffic along Commonwealth Avenue and approached a policeman who said they stopped the traffic to give way to Duterte.

“I am not the one who took the video and I am not in any way related to the one who took it,” Munar told The STAR.

In a statement posted on Facebook, Munar said the video was only sent by a friend through Facebook Messenger.

“As a concerned citizen, I posted it because I want the public to know that to stop the traffic for a VIP to cross is a little excessive,” Munar said.

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[-] starscar12@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

PNP is so quick with identifying critics yet is too slow to identify who the VIP is and who ordered to close a major thoroughfare.

[-] wabafee@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah yes it is now a crime to take a video and upload to the public.

[-] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In a statement posted on Facebook, Munar said the video was only sent by a friend through Facebook Messenger.

Friends, don't have friends like this friend! ROTFLMAO

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