00:00The chief of CIDG himself called a vlogger who first released fake news that he was admitted to the hospital.
00:07Vaughn Aquino was the one who pointed it out.
00:13On the Facebook post of Major General Nicolás Torre III, Director of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group or CIDG,
00:20you can see the screenshot of the post of the vlogger Ernesto Jun Abines Jr.
00:24where there is a picture of Torre being admitted to the hospital bed.
00:28The screenshot of Abines' post also contains the question if Torre was admitted to the hospital.
00:34The account of Abines, where he said he posted it, does not appear now when searched on Facebook.
00:39But according to Torre, the picture is fake.
00:43I do really feel harassed and violated in that picture.
00:46That's why I told them to find out where the hospital is.
00:50I went to the hospital and made a photo.
00:54Most probably, it's a real photo that was printed on my face.
00:57The person has a double chin.
00:59Torre said that this caused him to worry about his family and acquaintances.
01:04Torre filed a complaint of cyber libel against the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group.
01:08How are you, friends, acquaintances, and relatives abroad?
01:12What happened to you? Are you in a bad state?
01:16This is very foul.
01:17After securing a search warrant in court,
01:20the ACG and CIDG were invited to Abines' house in Cebu City yesterday.
01:25According to the ACG, they conducted a forensic examination
01:29and took Abines' electronic devices to get additional evidence and analysis.
01:35Torre challenged Abines to file a counter-affidavit.
01:38The problem with these bloggers is that they don't want to write,
01:42they don't want to sign their claims so that we can answer them properly.
01:47I really don't want to dignify those kinds of accusations.
01:51Tomorrow or the following days,
01:53Torre will formally file a complaint against Article 154
01:57or Unlawful Use of Means of Publication and Unlawful Utterances of Revised Penal Code
02:02in Relation to Cybercrime Prevention Act against Abines.
02:05We are still trying to get Abines' statement.
02:08For GMA Integrated News, I'm Bonaquino Nakatuto for 24 Hours.
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