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Former Quezon City Police Department (QCPD) Chief, PBGen. Nicolas D. Torre attends a hearing called by the Senate on September 5, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

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Michael Delizo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:504px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173735655619120230905-ph-senate-qcpd-torre-JC1444.jpg" style="width:504px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Quezon City Police Department (QCPD) Chief, PBGen. Nicolas D. Torre attends a hearing called by the Senate on September 5, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III on Monday said he planned to file a cyber libel complaint against former broadcaster Jay Sonza and another vlogger for allegedly spreading false information that he had been hospitalized. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/24/davao-regional-police-chief-to-assume-cidg-director-post-014">Davao regional police chief to assume CIDG director post</a></div><p>Torre confirmed that the complaint was ready to be submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ) at any time.</p><p>“‘Yong mga nag-post na ako’y na-ospital, na ako’y nagkasakit, I am going to file cyber libel case against them kasi ang tinatamaan kasi ang pamilya ko eh,” Torre said. </p><p>(Those who posted that I was hospitalized, that I got sick, I am going to file a cyber libel case against them because it’s my family that’s being affected.)</p><p>“It’s really a foul,&quot; he added.</p><p>The CIDG chief said that he was never ill and said that the photos circulating, showing him in a hospital, had been manipulated. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/27/new-cidg-chief-torre-to-continue-probe-on-quiboloy-angels-of-death-2334">New CIDG chief Torre to continue probe on Quiboloy, &#x27;Angels of Death&#x27;</a></div><p>“Hindi nila puwede sabihin na joke only kasi ‘yan ang nangyayari eh. Ang galing magsalita pero kapag tinanong mo na sa Kongreso, ide-deny na... Hindi puwedeng ganon,” he said.</p><p>(They can’t just say it was a joke because that’s the problem. They’re good at talking, but when you ask them in Congress, they deny it. Then, the worst part is they say it was ‘just a joke.’ That’s not acceptable.)</p><p>Earlier, Torre also filed an inciting to sedition complaint before the DOJ against former Philippine Army captain Clemente “Dado” Enrique.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/15/ex-army-captain-clemente-dado-enrique-faces-sedition-complaint-filed-by-pnp-1424">Ex-Army captain Clemente ‘Dado’ Enrique faces sedition complaint filed by PNP</a></div><p>Torre accused Enrique of making seditious statements while he was still serving as the Davao Regional Commander during the execution of an arrest warrant for Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Df1O-y7lRDY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III confirmed that the complaint is ready to be submitted to the Department of Justice at any time.</p>

CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III confirmed that the complaint is ready to be submitted to the Department of Justice at any time.

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CIDG chief to file cyber libel raps vs Jay Sonza, vlogger

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Published January 20, 2025 04:20 PM PHT

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