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Maria Isabel Lopez's license revoked over ASEAN lane infringement

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MANILA - (UPDATED) The driver&#x27;s license of former beauty queen Maria Isabel Lopez has been revoked after she used a traffic lane reserved for ASEAN delegates earlier this month, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Monday.The Land Transportation Office also prohibited Lopez from applying or reacquiring her license for the next 2 years, said MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago.Lopez must also pay an P8,000 penalty for reckless driving, disregarding traffic signs, and violation of the Anti-Distracted Driving Act, MMDA added. The actress earlier this month admitted in a Facebook post that she removed the traffic cones along EDSA which allotted a lane for delegates of the ASEAN Summit.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/12/17/maria-isabel-lopez-pasaway-na-gumamit-ng-asean-lane">Maria Isabel Lopez, &#x27;pasaway&#x27; na gumamit ng ASEAN Lane</a></li></ul>Her lawyer said their camp is saddened by the revocation of her license, but they will file &quot;necessary remedy for the reconsideration of the LTO&#x27;s decision.&quot;&quot;We reiterate that revocation is too harsh a penalty for a first time offender like her,&quot; said lawyer Sol Taule.

The driver's license of former beauty queen Maria Isabel Lopez has been revoked