A few days ago, a reliable source among the community told
me of a recent stake-out of cops from one particular city in Metro Manila. Let’s
hide her name as “DILAG”. The law enforcement agents made an entrapment operation
on some of the ladies who have posted their wares on a notable foreign-based website who are plying the trade online. She was caught with this undercover agent in last week were she was held in detention for a few
hours without bail. The police effort
made a large effort of cracking a case and arresting her and the rest of the ladies as it lead
from one arrest to another. Dilag and
the others were being coerced by the cops on a trump up charges of being a pimp
or as a human trafficker and trying to use the “PALIT-ULO Technique" (or telling
them the whereabouts of other John /Jane Does in exchange for her freedom and vital information she has).
They were interrogated and questioned by the cops who arrested them.
The poor ladies were threatened with such harsh words of being imprisoned, being
used as bait or as informants or assets to their next operations on arresting
perpetrators such as drug dealers, prostitution patrons of those who were part
of some gatherings or happenings by the so called JOHN DOES roaming around the
city. If she will be caught either she will incarcerated on the charges or will
be sent to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for rehabilitation depending on the severity of the case. Their
mobile phones and some cash were confiscated by the cops.
Dilag mentioned she was so
traumatized with that experience. She has a child to feed and decided to take a
leave of absences from this line of work. Dilag was NOT into pimping and
using drugs. She is much of an independent person trying to work to make both
ends meet for herself and her child.
I felt saddened on the accounts of what happened to Dilag. She felt ostracized by the people of the online community and there are only a few of her and some gentlemen who helped her out of that hours of misery until she was finally set free at police station after the horrendous interrogations and the charges were dropped or was she on bail on vagrancy or any charges? I don't know for the time being on her status now but she is in safe hands now (see Republic Act 10158 on Philippine Vagrancy Law).
There were trump up charges on her plus an alleged extortion happened wherein the law states that 200 pesos to 2000 pesos on the Anti-Vagrancy Law but the so called cops demanded to have more than what the law required.
There were trump up charges on her plus an alleged extortion happened wherein the law states that 200 pesos to 2000 pesos on the Anti-Vagrancy Law but the so called cops demanded to have more than what the law required.
Why should we be afraid of the cops wherein they made such
mistake as well not reading the Miranda Rights after the arrests and also trump
up charges done by the so some of these so-called do gooder COPS who are using it as a money making schemes and to gain attention from their superior especially with the higher up and the local government units and also for a possible promotion. The city mayor is also an alleged womanizer.
The law is unclear and there are many loopholes as what most attorney or lawyers would say!
The law is unclear and there are many loopholes as what most attorney or lawyers would say!
Hope these serve as a lesson for all of us.
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