Image from Vhon Tanto and Gossip GIrls Pilipinas’ Facebook pages - Editor-in-chief of popular car magazine apologized for mis-identification
- He took full responsibility, promised to reach out to the man and his family
- Police on the hunt for the real suspect
MANILA, Philippines – The editor-in-chief of Top Gear Philippines has apologized for linking the wrong suspect in a viral road rage incident.
On Top Gear’s original Facebook post, Vernon Sarne apologized and said he shouldn’t have placed Nestor Punzalan’s Facebook account along with a picture of his vehicle.
“I was responsible for posting the photo of Mr. Punzalan’s vehicle, and I realize now that I shouldn’t have done so. I accept full responsibility. This is all on me,” he wrote.
Sarne added he will try his best to personally apologize and reach out to Punzalan and his family. He also apologized to the readers of the popular car magazine, saying they deserve better journalism.
“I will do my best to reach out to Mr. Punzalan and personally apologize to him and his family. The buck stops here. This is all my fault. I also apologize to the followers of this page. You deserve better from us. And we will be better because of this, I promise you. Thank you for reading,” he said.
Top Gear earlier posted a photo of Punzalan’s vehicle—a red Hyundai Eon—with conduction sticker MO-3746 on its page along with a link to his Facebook account.
A Hyundai Eon was recorded as the escape vehicle used by a driver who shot dead cyclist Mark Vincent Geralde after they figured in a fistfight in Quiapo on Monday.
Later on, the magazine reported that the red Hyundai Eon which the CCTV captured on video actually had a conduction sticker of MO-3745 and was owned by a certain Vhon Tanto.
Authorities are currently tracking down Tanto whom they identified as an army reservist.
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