Grace Lee’s mother cries harassment

EVER since President Benigno Aquino 3rd admitted that he was pursuing South Korean Grace Lee, a television host and radio DJ in Manila, people want to hear from him about any development in his supposed courtship.

But on Thursday, President Aquino urged the public not to be too eager and encroach into affairs of the Lee family.

“Alam ninyo, makiusap naman akong konti doon. ‘ Yung nanay niya, mayroon pong grocery store, true

story po ito, eh ‘di marami hong gustong mag-usisero. So pinuntahan po ‘yung nanay niya na wala naman kinalaman pa sa ngayon sa amin pong usapan. Ang ginawa ‘nung nanay po niya nagpanggap na namimili doon sa tindahan para lang makaalis ng tindahan at hindi siya molestiyahin. Eh naha- harass naman po ‘yung mga tao, ‘di ba? Wala naman po sigurong mga matutuwa kung gagawin sa atin ‘yon. Kawawa naman ‘yung mga nadadamay na nagugulo ‘yung buhay nila. Hindi naman ho dapat [ You know, I will have to ask for a favor. Grace’s mother owns a grocery, this is a true story, there were many kibitzers who went to the store. Grace’s mom had to pretend that she was a customer so that she would not be bothered. It was harassment, wasn’t it? I don’t think that what she went through was amusing. I pity her, her life is disrupted, that should not happen to her], “Mr. Aquino said in answer to a query of a student during Thursday’s open forum at exclusive La Consolcion College Manila.

The bachelor President, who turned 52 on February 8, had admitted to seeing Lee, 28, several times and that the courtship was ongoing.

She also admitted that the President was dating her.

The two, however, are secretive on where they are dating.

Even Malacañang people and persons close to the Mr. Aquino have declined to comment when asked on the supposed romance between the two, saying that they do not give information on the private affairs of the President.