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Cyberbullying victim sues Top Gear PH editorial board
Cyberbullying victim sues Top Gear PH editorial board
Niko Baua,
ABS-CBN News
Published Aug 12, 2016 03:41 PM PHT

Nestor Punzalan files an online libel complaint against TopGear Ph editorial board in the NBI Cyber Crimes Division. pic.twitter.com/ZKSebP2Ary
— Nikolo Baua (@Nikobaua) August 12, 2016
Nestor Punzalan files an online libel complaint against TopGear Ph editorial board in the NBI Cyber Crimes Division. pic.twitter.com/ZKSebP2Ary
— Nikolo Baua (@Nikobaua) August 12, 2016
A Facebook user who was wrongfully identified as a suspect in a controversial road rage killing last month has sued the editorial board of Top Gear Philippines for online libel.
A Facebook user who was wrongfully identified as a suspect in a controversial road rage killing last month has sued the editorial board of Top Gear Philippines for online libel.
In his complaint, Punzalan said he wants Top Gear Philippines editor-in-chief Vernon Sarne to resign for erroneously tagging him in the Quiapo road rage incident.
In his complaint, Punzalan said he wants Top Gear Philippines editor-in-chief Vernon Sarne to resign for erroneously tagging him in the Quiapo road rage incident.
Sarne earlier took full responsibility for posting a link to Punzalan's Facebook profile on the Top Gear Philippines FB page. This was after Punzalan was falsely accused as the killer of cyclist Mark Vincent Garalde.
Sarne earlier took full responsibility for posting a link to Punzalan's Facebook profile on the Top Gear Philippines FB page. This was after Punzalan was falsely accused as the killer of cyclist Mark Vincent Garalde.
Top Gear Philippines also posted a photo of Punzalan's car, which was coincidentally a Hyundai Eon model, similar to the car in the incident.
Top Gear Philippines also posted a photo of Punzalan's car, which was coincidentally a Hyundai Eon model, similar to the car in the incident.
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"I was responsible for posting the photo of Mr. Punzalan's vehicle, and I realize now that I shouldn't have done so. I accept full responsibility. This is all on me," Sarne said.
"I was responsible for posting the photo of Mr. Punzalan's vehicle, and I realize now that I shouldn't have done so. I accept full responsibility. This is all on me," Sarne said.
"The buck stops here. This is all my fault," he added.
"The buck stops here. This is all my fault," he added.
Punzalan earlier told ABS-CBN's TV Patrol that he and his wife had to sleep at the National Bureau of Investigation after receiving death threats online after the incident.
Punzalan earlier told ABS-CBN's TV Patrol that he and his wife had to sleep at the National Bureau of Investigation after receiving death threats online after the incident.
"I was traumatized. I feared for my life," he said.
"I was traumatized. I feared for my life," he said.
The NBI later confirmed that Punzalan was not the killer in the Garalde case.
The NBI later confirmed that Punzalan was not the killer in the Garalde case.
The real killer, ex-Army reservist Von Tanto, was arrested in Masbate last July 29.
The real killer, ex-Army reservist Von Tanto, was arrested in Masbate last July 29.
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