De Lima: Website for illicit affairs may be banned in PH

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines–A recently launched website that promotes illicit affairs may be banned in the Philippines under the Revised Penal Code, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said on Friday.

“The website is a platform that allows illegal acts to be eventually committed. A ban may be enforced,” De Lima said in a text message.

De Lima ordered the Department of Justice’s Office of Cybercrime to monitor the website, which has a tagline “Life is short, have an affair” with a Filino translation “Buhay ay maikli, mangaliwa.”

AshleyMadison.com, an international online dating service for those who are already in a relationship but find themselves dissatisfied, was banned in Singapore and Korea.

While the Cybercrime Prevention Act will not cover the website, De Lima said the Revised Penal Code prohibits illicit sexual conducts.

“It won’t be the Cybercrime Prevention Act but rather our general criminal law, the Revised Penal Code, which proscribes illicit sexual conduct of a married person with another person not the spouse,” De Lima said.

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