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Agot Isidro gets acid threat online; PNP Twitter responds
Agot Isidro on Wednesday hit out at a threat she received on Twitter, posting screenshots of messages received from user @RusCo87690206.
The user, who used the Twitter handle "real", claimed that s/he will find out the venue of Agot's press conference and threatened to spray her face with acid.
Kailangan ba umabot tayo sa ganito? pic.twitter.com/hLrXWLCYyj
— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) May 30, 2018
— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) May 30, 2018
Agot is a known critic of President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration.
One of Agot's followers alerted the Philippine National Police's official Twitter account, and they promptly responded to the the tag.
Salamat sa pag tag. Maari po mag reklamo sa PNP Anti Cyber Crime para sa mga ganitong threat sa social media. Di po tama manakot na magsaboy ng asuido. Mananagot po sa batas @RusCo87690206
— PNP Tweets (@PNPhotline) May 30, 2018
Agot thanked the PNP for their response, as well as her followers for reporting the abusive user. Twitter has since suspended the account.
Salamat, @PNPhotline. pic.twitter.com/Gofh2pijrM
— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) May 30, 2018
The account @RusCo87690206 as of current writing is still unavailable. —Aya Tantiangco/JST, GMA News
