MANILA, Philippines - Secretary Leila de Lima of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has weighed in on the growing outrage over Willie Revillame’s TV-5 game show that showed a six-year-old boy simulating a striptease for cash.
“I’m a human rights advocate and that (incident) really falls under the child protection act,” De Lima told a press conference yesterday.
But the justice secretary, former chair of the Commission on Human Rights, refused to elaborate as she expects some groups to file a complaint before the DOJ in connection with the incident.
She explained that commenting further would make her sound as if she was already prejudging the case.
“The DOJ is just waiting for any complaint or affidavit that any group can file and we will act on it accordingly,” she said.
When asked which law she was referring to, De Lima cited Republic Act 7610 (Anti-Child Abuse Law).
Section 9 of the law provides that “any person who shall hire, employ, use, persuade, induce or coerce a child to perform in obscene exhibitions and indecent shows, whether live or in video, or model in obscene publications or pornographic materials or to sell or distribute the said materials shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its medium period.”
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