PNP chief denies ‘sex-for-freedom’

Manila - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde denied on Monday, November 5, allegations by an anti-trafficking group about a “sex-for-freedom scheme” in the national police agency as claimed by an international feminist group.

“’Yung sinasabi n’yo na ganun (palit-puri). There are probably sexual advancements na may nangyaring mga ganyan pero doon sa sinasabi nilang rampant, I think that’s harsh to say. That’s unfair naman sa amin siguro if you say that, it’s totally unfair to the PNP,” he said in a press conference on Monday.

He said there may have been isolated cases in which some policemen are accused of having sexually harassed a woman. But this is not true of the entire police force,” he stressed.

“Itong single act which is a very isolated case although hindi namin yan sinasabi because it’s isolated we’ll keep a blind eye on it, we will never tolerate these things to happen in our ranks and we want to assure the public on that… Ito does not reflect, please lang, this single act does not reflect the general behavior and discipline that we have in the PNP,” said Albayalde.

“Huwag naman po natin sabihin na generalized na tumaas. No, it’s not. Records will show that these are all isolated cases. Hindi po ito pang araw-araw na nangyayari. It’s not everyday that these things happen,” he added.