Motorist mauled Traffic Enforcer in the Philippines
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It was a case of road rage, but now the rage has gone online.
Netizens continue to slam a Metro Manila motorist who was caught on video assaulting a traffic enforcer at Tandang Sora in Quezon City Saturday.
The video, which spread like wildfire on social media networks late Tuesday, and was first posted in Interaskyon.com, showed the motorist now identified as Robert Blair Carabuena mauling Saturnino Fabros, a traffic enforcer of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Carabuena is reportedly an executive of multinational tobacco company Philip Morris.
In an interview with the TV 5 network, which also exclusively caught the video of the incident by chance, Fabros on Wednesday said it was the first time he experienced such treatment from a motorist despite his 30 years as a traffic enforcer.
"Para akong mapapaiyak nun pero pingilan ko lang. Napahiya po ako (I had to stop myself from crying even if I was humiliated)," Fabros said.
He added that he only called Carabuena's attention for a wrong turn at the corner of Capitol Hills Drive and Tandang Sora.
MMDA Legal and Legislative Affairs staff have confirmed that a case is being drafted against Carabuena and will be filed at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Wednesday.
In a separate statement, MMDA's Francis Tolentino defended the MMDA traffic enforcer.
“We cannot allow this aggression and shameless attack against our men who are only doing their job as best as they can, regardless of the risks they face in the streets every day,” Tolentino said, as he demanded a public apology from Carabuena.
Under the Revised Penal Code, direct assault can be filed against any person who shall attack, employ force, or seriously intimidate any person in authority while in the performance of official duties. It is punishable by a prison term of six months to six years.
This ****ing **** head should be imprisoned. How disrespectful.
