Reporter, camera man hurt by bet’s supporters in Sapian
SAPIAN, Capiz – GMA Iloilo reporter Jocel Huesca and his camera man Felix John Torino were hurt by supporters of a candidate while they were covering the special elections at the poblacion here at around 11:30 a.m. yesterday.
Huesca told The News Today they were inside the school in the town proper when a certain Mario punched his camera man and grabbed his camera and held it for about 20 minutes.
He said the camera’s view finder was damaged.
Huesca said a candidate’s supporter also attacked him and shouted, “Who paid you to take a footage of the election?”
Huesca said it was the first time that he experienced such kind of harassment in his 11 years as a media practitioner.
At the police station, they played the video and Police Officer 3 Alan Occeño identified their attackers as Pinoy Villanueva, Mario Valdesimo, and Elson Oducado.
Huesca said he came to Sapian to cover the election fairly and they didn’t know anybody in the area as they were from Iloilo City.
Inspector Ruel Bucat, Sapian police chief, said they were conducting an investigation on the involvement of the persons who were seen in the video harassing Huesca and Torino.*
