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Misleading crime clips used to spread Phl lawless image
The Freeman
|August 20, 2025
The Philippine National Police (PNP) exposed what it identified as a disinformation campaign using foreign crime videos disguised as Philippine incidents to create a false impression of widespread lawlessness in the country.
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PNP Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III presented four viral clips during a press conference on Monday, August 18, which he said were shared by pro-Duterte vloggers or Facebook pages.
THE VIDEOS
The first video depicted three young people deliberately placing a bench in the road, resulting in a motorcycle accident. It also featured overlay text in Bisaya saying the three may be wishing for death to make the clip appear to be a Philippine incident, Torre said.
Police investigation, however, revealed the crime actually took place in Indonesia. The license plate of the motorcycle the perpetrators used to escape showed it did not have a Philippine plate number.
Meanwhile, the second video showed a disturbing attack where an individual wielding what appeared to be a long bolo attempted to stab and slash another person. Torre said the incident actually occurred in Vietnam, not in the Philippines.
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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