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Ex-mayor who poured water on Hayden Kho eyes Senate seat but COC rejected

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ex-Pagsanjan Mayor Abner Afuang’s COC initially denied by COMELEC due to error in form used. Afuang, who will run as Senator, said he will rectify &amp; file again. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/rongagalac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rongagalac</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/EvvdVqNvTa">pic.twitter.com/EvvdVqNvTa</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1050188652326793216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA - The Commission on Elections rejected Thursday the certificate of candidacy of Abner Afuang, former mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna who made headlines after throwing water at celebrity doctor Hayden Kho during a Senate investigation in 2009.</p><p>Initial reports said the Comelec rejected Afuang&#x27;s COC due to an error in the form used. Afuang, who will run for senator, said he will rectify and file his COC again.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Abner afuang for Senator under labor party of the Philippines<br/>Dating pulis, punong bayan ng pagsanjan laguna at columnista sa tabloid<br/>Siya ang nambato ng bote ng tubig kay hayden kho nung dumalo ito sa senate hearing nuong may 2009 <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DZMMTeleRadyo</a> <a href="https://t.co/DZXC0kOZQb">pic.twitter.com/DZXC0kOZQb</a></p>— Fred Cipres (@RPfredcipres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPfredcipres/status/1050177799166685184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>A former policeman, Afuang first grabbed headlines in 2009 when he poured water on Hayden Kho during a Senate committee hearing on a sex video scandal.</p><p>He earlier said he wanted to throw a chair at Kho, but he could not lift the nearest chair so he just poured mineral water from the bottle he was holding.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/28/09/raps-filed-vs-afuang-disturbing-senate-hearing">Raps filed vs Afuang for &#x27;disturbing&#x27; Senate hearing</a></li></ul><p>In 2015, he again made headlines after defacing the Chinese flag to protest China&#x27;s &#x27;&#x27;bullying&#x27;&#x27; of the Philippines. He also set fire to a Taiwanese flag after the Taiwanese government imposed sanctions on Manila following the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in 2013.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/06/11/15/ex-laguna-mayor-defaces-chinese-flag">Ex-Laguna mayor defaces Chinese flag</a></li></ul>

<p>The Commission on Elections rejected Thursday the certificate of candidacy of Abner Afuang, former mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna who made headlines after pouring water on celebrity doctor Hayden Kho during a Senate investigation in 2009.</p>

The Commission on Elections rejected Thursday the certificate of candidacy of Abner Afuang, former mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna who made headlines after pouring water on celebrity doctor Hayden Kho during a Senate investigation in 2009.