The Justice Department is now investigating an alleged plot to kill presidential aspirant and son of late dictator Bongbong Marcos.
The DOJ said that they are investigating a Tiktok user who announced in the social media app that they are planning to kill Marcos.
“We are meeting every day to plan for BBM’s assassination. Get ready,” a Tiktok user said.
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The DOJ said that they are treating the threats ‘seriously’.
“We made an initial investigation on the matter and referred the same to the NBI-CCD and PNP-ACG for further investigation. We also emailed the TikTok Law Enforcement Outreach,” Charito Zamora, officer in charge of the DOJ Cybercrime Division said.
“We requested the data related to the subject account preserved pending investigation by the law enforcement agents concerned,” the agency added.
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Marcos lawyer and spokesperson Vic Rodriguez said that the presidential frontrunner will still continue election-related activities amid the Tiktok threat.
“While the report on the assassination plot is concerning, we are not cowered by such threat. Bongbong shall continue to personally deliver his message around the country with a firm resolve to unify the nation,” Rodriguez said.
