{"id":190646,"date":"2018-11-22T06:16:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=190646"},"modified":"2018-11-22T06:16:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:16:50","slug":"ncrpo-chief-clarifies-confrontation-with-chinese-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/22\/ncrpo-chief-clarifies-confrontation-with-chinese-official\/","title":{"rendered":"NCRPO chief clarifies \u2018confrontation\u2019 with Chinese official"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_170888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170888\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Guillermo-Eleazar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170888\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Guillermo-Eleazar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Guillermo-Eleazar.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Guillermo-Eleazar-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cModestly, I was telling him were just doing our job and reciprocating the excellent security coverage they provided when President Duterte was in China,\u201d Eleazar said. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief, Director Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday downplayed reports that he was scolded by a Chinese Embassy official for allowing protesters to hold a rally outside their office in Makati City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fake news. Actually, the Chinese official was actually thanking me for the security arrangement we unfolded,\u201d Eleazar said, noting that the photo which went viral on social media was taken at the Rizal Park in Manila and not in front of the Chinese Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Eleazar clarified that there was no verbal confrontation between him and the Chinese Embassy official, stressing that the latter did not mention anything about the protest action at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModestly, I was telling him were just doing our job and reciprocating the excellent security coverage they provided when President Duterte was in China,\u201d Eleazar said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not mad at all.\u00a0<em>Maaraw lang kaya mukhang nakasimangot<\/em>\u00a0(It&#8217;s a bit sunny so that is why he seems frowning),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NCRPO chief, however, said he explained to the Chinese official that they are lenient with protesters in compliance with the right to peaceful assembly as guaranteed by the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI added that I even allowed protesters to rally in Makati even without a permit as long as they avoid the engagement areas and routes taken by our visitors,\u201d the NCRPO chief noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven this fake news fad, I would like to inform the public that netizens who post such fallacies are liable for Cyber Libel,\u201d said Eleazar.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eleazar, the offense is punishable by up to 12 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop or risk getting caught and arrested,\u201d Eleazar warned.<\/p>\n<p>Massive demonstrations were held outside the embassy on Tuesday and Wednesday, which coincided with Chinese President Xi Jinping&#8217;s state visit to the country.<\/p>\n<p>About 6,000 police officers were earlier deployed to secure the Chinese leader&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief, Director Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday downplayed reports that he was scolded by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":170888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}