The Commission on Human Rights in Negros Oriental is currently investigating additional complaints filed against a French national who was accused earlier of alleged violation of Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women & Children Act of 2004.
Dr. Jesus Cañete, special investigator and chief of the CHR here, disclosed Wednesday in an interview that two other French nationals and their respective wives have sought his help, and lodged complaints against Philippe Sencier.
Cañete said Sencier, 63 years old, has a current address at Suludpan in Bacong, Negros Oriental, although he is rarely at the house reportedly leased to him.
The latest complainants, Michel Vautier and Philip Faure, together with their respective wives, came to the CHR office recently because of Sencier’s alleged conduct of sending them pictures of nude Filipinas, and messages that tend to undermine and insult Filipinos, said Cañete.
The complainants wanted to clear their names, and aired their concerns that the acts of Sencier might affect them and the French community here, he added.
Cañete disclosed that his office has made representations with the French consul and is still awaiting response.
He is hoping that the French diplomat will come to Dumaguete to attend to the complaints filed against Sencier.
Sworn statements and copies of the screen-shot pictures of nude Filipinas will be formally presented before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with the recommendation that this person be declared persona non grata, according to the CHR provincial chief.
Just last week a preliminary hearing before the prosecutor’s office was conducted as a result of the charge of violation of R.A. 9262 filed by CHR in behalf of private complainant, a former girlfriend of Sencier.
The woman, who claimed she was Sencier’s live-in partner for about four years, alleged that the French national posted nude pictures of her online after they broke up.
She also told the CHR that Sencier allegedly beat her up, and wanted her to engage in “distasteful” sexual acts that made her leave him.
Sencier has denied the allegations. (PNA/JFP)
