So, up until this time Pinoy stalkers were free to do what they wanted?
Anyway, their happy days are over, as Sorsogon Representative Evelina Escudero filed House Bill 5064 or “The Anti-Stalking Law.”
“The bill defines stalking as repeatedly following, harassing and/or committing disallowed contact against another person or his family after having been given reasonable warning or request to desist,” reports Marc Jayson Cayabyab on Inquirer.net.
The report noted: “The victim may sue a person against stalking if he or she believes that the stalker puts him/her or his/her family under fear of death, physical injury, unlawful restraint, sexual assault, or other similar analogous circumstances.”
The bill states that an act may be considered stalking if it is a “disallowed contact” that occurred at least three times.
Those who violate the law may be penalized with prision correccional and a fine between PHP100,000 and PHP500,000.
The report added that “the highest penalty may be imposed if the victim is a woman or a minor.”
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