Mother of abused child to file raps vs. sister who posted video online 

The mother would no longer file charges against her boyfriend, who was caught on camera physically harming her 5-year-old son. Instead, she is planning to file a complaint against her sister who recorded the incident and made it public.

According to Jonathan Andal’s exclusive report on “24 Oras” on Tuesday, the victim’s mother who is abroad said that she received criticisms online after her sister posted the video of her son being abused. 

“Sobrang stress ko po dito, doon dahil sa ginawang post po ng kapatid ko na ‘yun. Iaatras ko po ‘yung kaso ng jowa ko, Sir. Kasi binastos na rin ho ako sa social media. Sirang-sira na rin ho ako,” she lamented. 

(I’m so stressed here, because of that post my sister made. I will withdraw the case against my boyfriend, Sir. Because I've also been disrespected on social media. I’m completely ruined.) 

“So pag-uwi ko ang kakasuhan ko ‘yung kapatid ko. Sobra ho ‘yung paninirang ginawa sa akin sa social media ho Sir. Kasi hindi ko sinabing i-post ‘yung video ng anak ko Sir. Iniingatan ko ‘yung privacy ng anak ko,” she added. 

(So when I come home, I will file a case against my sister. The damage done to me on social media, Sir, is too much. Because I didn't say to post my son's video, Sir. I was protecting my son's privacy.) 

But the sister said that she posted the video because she wanted to give justice to her nephew. 

“Kaya ko nai-post ang video for awareness po, para mabigyan ng justice yung pamangkin ko,” she defended. 

(I posted the video for awareness, to give justice to my nephew.) 

For her part, the mother said that she was really pushing to hold her boyfriend accountable. 

“Actually, sir, dalawang beses po siya pinapunta sa DSWD at sa pulis kahapon. Kaso hindi po talaga siya dinampot at wala pa pong file [na kaso],” she said. 

(Actually, sir, he was brought to the DSWD and the police twice yesterday. But he wasn't apprehended and there's no case filed yet.) 

The mother also claimed that her sister physically abused her son when he was still under her care. Hence, she decided to let her boyfriend take care of him instead. 

“Nagsumbong sa akin ‘yung jowa ko bakit maraming kurot. Sobrang dami pong…may mga peklat po. Sabi po ng anak ko, kinukurot daw po ng…nila ho doon ng nanay ko, ng mga tita niya ho,” she said. 

(My boyfriend complained to me about why there were so many pinch marks. There are so many… there are scars. My son said he was being pinched by… them there, by my mother, by his aunts.) 

But the sister denied the allegations: “Hindi lalaki ng ganyan kalulusog yung anak niya kung sinasaktan dito.” 

(Her son wouldn't grow up that healthy if he was being hurt here.) 

She added that she would not allow her sister to take back his son. 

“Hindi namin pwedeng ibigay kasi baka kapag nakuha niya, ipapasa niya sa kung sino-sinong tao. Ibibigay niya sa hindi kamag-anak, hindi kadugo. Kung kakasuhan niya ako, lalaban din ako,” the sister said. 

(We can't give her the child because if she gets him back, she might pass him on to just anyone. She'll give him to non-relatives. If she files a case against me, I will fight back.) 

However, the Caloocan City Social Welfare Department said that they would take over the custody of the boy if the investigation shows that the mother cannot take care of him and if the aunt is also guilty of harming him. 

The boy was accompanied earlier by his uncle to file child abuse charges against his mother’s boyfriend. —Vince Angelo Ferreras/LDF, GMA Integrated News