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Told of MRT ban on liquids, Chinese woman throws drink at Filipino police officer

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA <strong>(2nd UPDATE)</strong> - Police held a Chinese woman Saturday after throwing a cup of taho (soy bean custard) at a police officer who stopped her from carrying her drink at an MRT station amid a ban on liquids.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/DOTrPH/photos/a.395811647224644/1299139280225205/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Police identified the woman as Jiale Zhang, 23, a fashion design student residing at a condominium in Mandaluyong City.</p><p>According to the initial report, the woman was about to enter the platform area of the MRT Boni station around 8:30 a.m. when a security guard stopped her at the turnstiles as she carried a cup of taho in hand.</p><p>Liquids are currently <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/31/19/mrt-lrt-ban-bottled-drinks-inside-train-stations">banned</a> at train stations in Metro Manila as added security measure following twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu on Jan. 27. Unconsumed drinks have also long been barred at MRT stations.</p><p>An initial report from the Mandaluyong City Police said that as the guard explained the regulation, &quot;suspect refused [to comply] and got angry.&quot;</p><p>At that point, PO1 William Cristobal of the Philippine National Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion&#x27;s (PNP-RMBF) 4th Mobile Company intervened.</p><p>But, the police report said, Zhang &quot;suddenly threw&quot; her drink at Cristobal, prompting her arrest.</p><p>The Department of Transportation-Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (DOTr-MRT-3) management, in an initial statement, said Zhang was released after apologizing to the police officer, but the Mandaluyong police said later Saturday that she was booked and detained for disobedience to agent or person in authority, direct assault, and unjust vexation.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/09/19/chinese-woman-to-face-charges-over-viral-taho-tantrum-at-mrt">Chinese woman to face charges over viral &#x27;taho&#x27; tantrum at MRT</a></li></ul><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/02/08/20190209-chinese.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo courtesy of DOTr</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the security measure against unconsumed beverage and food had been in place even before the recent ban on bottled water, drinks and liquids at train stations.</p><p>&quot;It should also be noted that even before the recent ban of bottled water, drinks and liquids, consumption of unsealed food and drinks are prohibited inside trains and stations as this can cause inconvenience, accident and delay to our operations,&quot; the DOTr said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/02/08/19/alamin-mga-likidong-puwede-sa-mrt-lrt">ALAMIN: Mga likidong puwede sa MRT, LRT</a></li></ul><p>The incident has drawn calls for the woman&#x27;s deportation online, as netizens fumed at the disrespectful act against the officer.</p>

<p>MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - Police held a Chinese woman Saturday after throwing a cup of taho (soy bean custard) at a police officer who stopped her from carrying her drink at an MRT station amid a ban on liquids.</p>

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - Police held a Chinese woman Saturday after throwing a cup of taho (soy bean custard) at a police officer who stopped her from carrying her drink at an MRT station amid a ban on liquids.

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Told of MRT ban on liquids, Chinese woman throws drink at Filipino police officer

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 09, 2019 03:08 PM PHT

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Updated February 09, 2019 07:46 PM PHT

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