What was supposed to be just another regular day for a woman, circumstances turned south instantly as police arrested her for a bomb joke she told the security guard as she was entering the premises of a mall.
Jasmine Sala, 37, is a production worker and a mother of two from the city of Mandaue , admittedly told the police that she did actually tell the guard about having a bomb in her bag.
“I was joking. I had no idea that it was not allowed,” Sala said. She wept in front of the police, asking for them to help her and that she was very sorry for what she did.
“Dako kaayo ang akong pagmahay. Tabangi intawn ko ninyo. (I regretted what I did. Please help me),” she said.
The woman was entering the mall with the plans of processing her visa papers because she was going to go abroad.
What she did was a violation of the Presidential Decree 1727 or the Anti-Bomb Joke Law that prohibits malicious dissemination of false information about explosives or bomb scares. Sala will be facing charges under this law at the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office next week, Tuesday.
If found guilty, Sala could be facing a sentence of up to 5 years or a bail of P40,000.
The police did check her bag after questioning her and the companion that she was with. They did find a few things in her bag, and those were some make up, a lipstick, and a cellphone.
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