ATTY. GABRIEL CANLAS ABLOLA
Counsel of Angel’s Burger
Mobile number 09177292437
BREAKING NEWS
ANGEL’S BURGER FILES CYBERLIBEL CASE AGAINST NETIZEN
[Cyberlibel complaint lodged with DOJ Marikina City Prosecutor]
Fast-food chain Angel’s Burger filed today, July 22, a cyberlibel complaint against a netizen for posting on his Facebook account a "staged photograph" of a burger with a coin in the patty represented as a product of Angel’s Burger. The photograph also had a caption comment.
Atty. Gabriel Ablola said his client, Angelica DL Mojica Corporation which owns Angel’s Burger, is represented in the cyberlibel case by Jose Alfredo Canlas de Leon, a branch manager of the company.
"This cyberlibel case was filed to protect interests of small business owners of over 1000 franchisees of Angel’s Burger kiosks nationwide, especially now when these entrepreneurs are suffering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and community quarantines," Ablola said.
"The respondent netizen claimed as his own and represented as true the staged photograph he maliciously posted on Facebook twice, first on May 30, 2019 and again on May 30, 2020," the legal counsel also said.
The image posted on Facebook depicted a bitten-off burger with a metal coin embedded in the burger patty. The post came with text comment that says, "Hayop ka Angel’s Burger. Unang kagat may sukli agad."
In his complaint-affidavit, the complainant, Jose Alfredo Canlas de Leon, said the "malicious" Facebook posts are "easily accessible and viewable by anyone connected to the internet, was shared by at least 39,000 Facebook users."
De Leon also said the netizen feloniously communicated the malicious imputations against Angel’s Burger not only to his Facebook friends and followers but to anyone who has access to the internet."
The complainant said the "libelous article mentioned Angel’s Burger and included a product he (the netizen) purports to be ours, staged to look like there was a coin in the patty." (END)
Video by Angel’s Burger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2hBALv82ww&feature=youtu.be
