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| Aries' Facebook post which Bayan covered with a 'fake news' tag |
Two high-profile Hong Kong migrant
leaders have threatened legal action against a fellow overseas Filipino worker
for allegedly defaming them in a Facebook post, and targeting the
organizations they belong to as part of a terror campaign.
A statement issued earlier tonight by Bayan Hong Kong and Macau was accompanied by a link to a Facebook post that depicted
its chairperson, Eman Villanueva, and United Filipinos-Migrante HK chair
Dolores Balladares Pelaez along with other Filipino militants as “salot sa
lipunan.”
The post was made on Jul 19 in the name of Jeanette Angel Aries, an OFW who is said to be
the leader of Emilio DDS (Duterte Diehard Supporters). The statement gave her
real name as Jeanette Lopez.
In the picture showing Villanueva and Pelaez together, Aries
accused them of “exacting funds from OFWs in Hong Kong
and spreading fake news against the government.”
The two were also branded as “fund collectors” for the Philippines Philippines
“Our officers and members in Bayan Hong Kong and Macau,
together with our friends and supporters, will lodge complaints against Lopez
and her group both on Facebook and take actions against them through legal
means,” said the statement.
“Their brazen red tagging of progressive migrant leaders and
organizations in Hong Kong should be exposed
and condemned.”
The statement said Lopez and her followers have been
targeting so-called progressive groups that have Hong Kong
chapters, including Bayan, Migrante and Gabriela, in their hate campaign.
Two years ago, another member of Emilio DDS called “Jenny” reportedly
distributed pamphlets vilifying the left-leaning organizations, and even made vlogs condemning
them.
The hate campaign reportedly intensified when Bayan and its
aligned organizations started a widely supported campaign for the scrapping of
the mandatory contribution to PhilHealth.
“We even wrote to the Philippine Consulate calling their
attention on this group’s malicious actions and unfounded accusations,” said
the statement.
Bayan said Emilio DDS is emboldened to attack them because
they are supported by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed
Conflict, which was formed under the auspices of the Duterte administration.
“Now, with the Anti-Terrorism Act in effect, the Emilio DDS
faces no consequences even if their posts are false and malicious in nature,
and even if their deeds endanger the lives of leaders and members of migrant
organizations,” said the statement.
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