REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Justice
National Prosecution Service
Office of the City (or Provincial ) Prosecutor
----- City

---------, NPS _____________________

Complainant,
For: Violation of Section 4(C) 4 of
- versus - R.A. No. 10175 (Online Libel)

-------- ,
Respondent.
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COMPLAINT

The undersigned, of legal age, single/married, Filipino citizen, a

resident of ---------, Philippines and currently holding the position of
---------with office address at --------, accuses ---------, also of legal age,
single/married, Filipino citizen and a resident of
___________________________, of the crime of Online Libel defined
and penalized under Section 4(C) 4 of R.A. No. 10175, committed as
follows:

“That on or about ______________________ in the City of ------,

Province of -----, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable
Court,-------- with malicious intent to discredit and dishonor complainant,
-----------, a resident of ----------, Philippines at the time of the commission
of the offense, did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously,
through or with the use of a computer system and/or information and
communication technology or the internet, publish and post in a
comment section of MANIBELA live Stream using his Facebook Account
---------- with URL ___________________________, the defamatory and
libelous statements, to wit:

“Dito nga po sa LTFRB region ----- noong 2017 tinanggal na

itong sa -------------- dahil sa kurapsyon ngayong 2023 ibinalik na
naman nagumpisa naman mangutong dito sa LTFRB RO---.”
xxx
“Sir Mar sana magkausap tayo kahit sa CP kc dito sa LTFRB
region---- talamak din ang kurapsyon dito pati ung tinanggal dito
na empleyado noong 2017 na si ------- dahil currupt ibinalik na
naman dito ngayon.”
xxx
 “Dito po sa LTFRB region------ 1,000 pesos ang presyo ng PA
per unit ang special permit out of line 1,500.”
xxx
“Ung tinanggal na employee dito sa LTFRB region ----- noong
2017 na si --------- dahil napaka currupt ibinalik na naman dito at
nagumpisa na naman mangutong dito sa amin ngayon.”
xxx
“Tama sir dito sa LTFRB region --- marami nyan. Ito ngang si
---------- ang ipinapakain sa pamilya ay ung kinurakot sa mga
operator ng POV. Tinanggal na ito dito noong 2017 dahil sa
kurapsyon nagpalit lang ng presidente nakabalik na naman.”

which posts and/or comments were seen and read by third persons
online, and which defamatory statements impute to complainant the
possession of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission,
condition, status or circumstance of complainant, thereby exposing
complainant to public contempt and ridicule, destroying his reputation,
to his damage and prejudice.”

CONTRARY TO LAW.

------i City, Philippines.

December 29, 2023.

____________________________
---------
Complainant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this _______________

in -------, Philippines. Affiant personally appeared and has satisfactorily
established his identity by exhibiting to me his I.D. __________________
valid until ___________________ bearing his photograph and signature,
and personally signed before me the foregoing Complaint and
acknowledged that he freely and voluntarily executed the same.

Administering Officer

CERTIFICATION

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY EXAMINED THE

AFFIANT AND THAT I AM SATISFIED THAT HE VOLUNTARILY EXECUTED
AND UNDERSTOOD THE COMPLAINT.
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 Administering Officer

Witness/es:
1. --------
2. Witness 1
3. Witness 2

Attachments:
1. Screenshot of Facebook posts and/or comments of ------;
2. Affidavit of Authentication of -------;
3. Sworn Statement of Witness 1;
4. Sworn Statement of Witness 2;

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