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Dr. Winston John Casio (left), Senior Technical Adviser of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, attends a Senate hearing on June 26, 2024. Senate PRIB

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Jamaine Punzalan

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:441px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739937681713Screen Shot 2025-02-19 at 11.58.45 AM.png" style="width:453px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Dr. Winston John Casio (left), Senior Technical Adviser of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, attends a Senate hearing on June 26, 2024. Senate PRIB</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><p>MANILA — The spokesman of Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Wednesday said he underwent anger management sessions and has been taking medication after he was suspended for slapping a man during an operation last year.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/5/paocc-spokesperson-relieved-from-post-for-allegedly-slapping-pogo-worker-929">PAOCC spokesperson relieved from post for allegedly slapping POGO worker</a></div><div>Winston Casio was suspended from his post in late 2024 after he was seen in a video slapping a man during an illegal gambling operation in Bataan.<img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739937445632Screen Shot 2025-02-19 at 11.56.55 AM.png" style="width:453px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>“I underwent anger management. To be honest kasi dati na ako talaga mainitin ang ulo… Noon pa sinasabi na ng mga empleyado ko talaga na mainitin talaga ang ulo ko,” he told Palace reporters in a chance interview.</p><p>“I am under medication also to control my temper,” he said.</p><p>Casio said the complainant withdrew the slander by deed charges filed against him after they reached an amicable settlement.</p><p>“Walang civil damages, to be honest. The agreement was I had to apologize to him in public, in court, in open session… I apologized to the person, to the counsel, to the court… I also apologized to the wife kasi siyempre apektado din yung asawa,” he said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/5/paocc-spokesperson-casio-sinibak-matapos-manampal-ng-pogo-worker-1922">PAOCC spokesperson Casio sinibak matapos manampal ng POGO worker</a></div><p>“But I did not apologize for what precipitated me to do it kasi may report na talagang nagkabastusan,” he said.</p><p>“You can say many things about me but I am not a proud person. Kapag may mali ako, I will admit to it automatically. Hindi ko itatanggi yun,” he added.</p><p>Casio said he was eventually reinstated as director and spokesperson after he was “confined to the office” with tasks “limited to paper works.”</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><strong><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/AO20n67zIbg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Winston Casio said the complainant withdrew the slander by deed charges filed against him after they reached an amicable settlement.</p>

Winston Casio said the complainant withdrew the slander by deed charges filed against him after they reached an amicable settlement.

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Casio back as PAOCC spox, underwent 'anger management' after viral slapping incident

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Feb 19, 2025 12:12 PM PHT

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