MEMBERS of the Philippine National Police-Anti Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) arrested a 31-year-old Chinese business in Iloilo City for sexual extortion, or “sextortion.”
In a statement on Sunday, PNP-ACG chief Brig. Gen. Joel Doria said the suspect, identified as Jack Liu, who is a resident of Brgy. Muelle Loney in Iloilo City Proper, was nabbed by “cyber cops” from the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 6 (RACU 6) in an entrapment operation last October 12, after forcing his former fiancé to sleep with him, as he threatened to expose their sex videos in social media.
According to the report of Lt. Col. Artemio Ricabo, who is officer in charge of RACU 6, the victim and the suspect were in a relationship until the former decided to part ways due to the alleged abusive behavior of Liu and several misunderstandings.
“The suspect, not wanting to end their relationship, started threatening the victim that he will spread their sex videos if she leaves him,” Ricabo said. “At first the victim was skeptic about the existence of their sex videos and decided to ignore her ex-lover’s threat, until [he] sent a…clip…on October 12, 2022 to one of her friends,” he added. “Suspect also threatened [the] victim of exposing the explicit videos online if she does not agree to meet up and sleep with him in a given lodge.”
The victim approached the PNP-ACG, which in turn hatched an arrest after the suspect demanded another meeting on the said date.
Personnel from RACU 6, together with elements of Iloilo City Police Stations 4 & 5, proceeded to the lodge in Molo, Iloilo for an entrapment operation.
Soon as the victim entered the room, operating units immediately followed and arrested the suspect who was caught naked.
Liu is facing charges of grave coercion, as well as violations under the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009, plus the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004.