The Negros Oriental Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has recommended the filing of charges against a French national for violation of provisions of Republic Act 9262 of the Violence against Women and Children Act of 2004.
Commission on Human Rights special investigator Dr. Jess Cañete disclosed Tuesday he received a copy of a resolution from the prosecutor’s office recommending the filing of formal charges against the French national, Philippe Sencier.
Sencier will be charged specifically for physical abuse under R.A. 9262, according to the CHR-Negros Oriental chief.
Cañete last month investigated a complaint filed against Sencier, 63, with current address in Suludpan, Bacong in Negros Oriental, by his ex-girlfriend of four years who alleged that Sencier posted nude pictures of her online after their break-up.
The CHR official then filed the complaint at the provincial prosecutor’s office against Sencier in behalf of the complainant, who alleged that the foreign national beat her up and made her engage in distasteful sexual acts.
Two other French nationals here, Michel Vautier and Philip Faure, also appeared last month at the CHR office, accompanied by their wives, to also raise a complaint against Sencier.
They divulged to the CHR chief that Sencier allegedly sent them pictures of nude Filipinas that “tend to undermine and insult Filipinos”.
The respondent, Sencier, is reportedly still in the province, according to Dr. Cañete.
He expressed relief that finally, the complaint has been acted upon and will now be elevated to the courts. (PNA/JFP)
