The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has summoned Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) deputy administrator Mocha Uson for the supposed dissemination of fake news related to COVID-19.
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“She is being investigated by our Cybercrime Division for fake news,” NBI Deputy Director and Spokesperson Ferdinand Lavin stated. She will be required to appear before them on May 18.
Lavin clarified that the investigation will look into Uson’s Facebook post crediting the government for the distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) but was actually distributed by the SM Foundation.
“There was an order of the Secretary of Justice before for the NBI to investigate fake news, we included her in the investigation re-posting of PPEs,” said Lavin.
Lavin added that there were “other complaints against her.”
Should the allegations prove true, it would count as a violation of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
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