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Albayalde says Bikoy’s video ‘self-serving, highly scripted’

/ 01:37 PM April 17, 2019

Albayalde says Bikoy’s video 'self-serving, highly scripted'

PNP chief Police Gen. Oscar Albayalde. INQUIRER file photo

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday dismissed as self serving and higly scripted the online video linking close allies and relatives of President Rodrigo Duterte to a drug syndicate.

“This is self-serving. It’s highly scripted, and anybody can post anything and anybody can accuse anybody over the internet, over the social media,” he said in an interview with CNN Philippines.

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Albayalde, who said he had watched the first of four videos in the series dubbed “Ang Totoong Narcolist” (The True Narcolist), also renewed his warning against “Bikoy,” a purported former member of a drug syndicate, of liabilities he may face in his accusations.

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“We should be responsible on what we say in social media, because meron tayong tinatawag na cyberlibel (because we have what we call cyberlibel). We have the anti-cybercrime law now,” he said.

The PNP chief, however, said there has to be a complainant who will file a case against “Bikoy” before he can sued for cyberlibel, since the hooded man was attacking certain individuals in his supposed exposé.

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Albayalde, likewise, questioned the timing of the videos which coincides with the campaign period for the May 13 elections.

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Albayalde earlier said the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group will track down the uploader of the video series. /jpv

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