De Lima to OFWs: Ignore ‘slap’ advice of Duterte

SENATOR Leila de Lima has called on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and those traveling to and from other countries not to take the law into their own hands in dealing with unscrupulous immigration, police or Customs officers at the airport and instead allow the legal process to take its course.

De Lima made the appeal after President Rodrigo Duterte, in a speech before members of the Filipino community in Tokyo, encouraged the OFW’s to “slap” any police, immigration or Customs officer who will try to extort money from them.