Cop involved in dispute with tenants relieved from post –Pasay police chief

The cop allegedly forced a tenants to vacate their rented house amid the strict quarantine measures has been relieved from his post pending probe on the incident, the chief of Pasay City police said on Thursday.

"Dito siya muna sa HQ admin holding habang under investigation siya," Police Colonel Eric Dilag told GMA News Online.

Dilag did not identify the cop but he said the policeman was previously assigned in Baclaran.

In a video which has gone viral in social media showed the angry cop cursing and shouting at the tenants. The uploader of the video, Mary Nobleza, said in her post that the cop forced them to leave last April 12 from the house in Barangay 145.

"Ito 'yung pulis na may-ari ng inuupahan namin sa Pasay, Barangay 145... pinalayas niya kami sa kalagitnaan ng ECQ. Umalis kami pero iniwan namin ibang gamit namin, kaunting damit lang ang dala namin kasi plano naming balikan pag may masasakyan na..." Nobleza said.

"Ngayon open na, may masasakyan na pinuntahan namin ang mga gamit, wala na lahat ung mga gamit namin... sabi ng mga kapit-bahay namin itinapon na daw 'yung iba na hindi na mapapakinabangan at 'yung nasa kanila daw.." she added.

Nobleza said she was informed that she could only get their other things if they will pay their outstanding balance.

"Ehh wala nga kami kapera-pera kasi walang trabaho!!! Tapos pinalayas niya kami sa panahon ng ECQ, walang sasakyan, nilakad lang namin galing Pasay papuntang antipolo.. Tapos ngayon sinabi niya sa amin na tinakasan daw namin utang namin sa kanila," she said.

In the video, the Baclaran cop threatened the tenants, who he claimed were rude to his son. The cop also said he was furious because the tenants kept on arguing with him.

The woman who was filming the incident could be heard crying in the video because the cop supposedly hurt one of the tenants.

"Put"ngin* niyo, binabastos niyo anak ko, sinasagot-sagot niyo lang... Umalis kayo rito baka magkagulo tayo rito. G*g* kayo ah!" the cop said in the video.

"Anim ang bahay ko rito hindi lang ito... marami akong kamag-anak, isang utos ko lang, kuyog na kayo!" he added.

"Dati na kong g*g* bago ko naging pulis kaya kayang-kaya ko kayong sabayan," the cop said.

Meanwhile, Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said she ordered the police to look into the incident, noting that it is very disturbing that police frontliners were involved in this kind of incident amid the health crisis.

“Our policemen should not only be in the front lines of ensuring peace and order especially in these trying times, but they must also be examples of caring and compassion toward those who are severely affected by this pandemic and who need the help of government officials and authorities the most.” Calixto-Rubiano said. —LBG, GMA News