By Divina Suson November 22, , pm. Mardy Amor Sumalinog, a year-old mother, is arrested on Thursday night Nov. She hugs her nine-month-old baby outside the detention cell of Iligan City Police Station 4 before she is brought before the court for violation of the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of Photo by Divina M.
Mautin said Sumalinog accepted the PHP2, as payment from police assets for each of the five women, whom she was pimping to prospective customers. Mautin said Sumalinog is engaged in soliciting customers for the women through Facebook under a different name. He said the suspect would post the photos of her "angels" to lure potential customers, who would directly message her if they want to avail of their services.
The women, although they are not minors and they went with the suspect with their consent, are still considered victims. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV that can be contracted through unprotected sex. Authorities seized from the suspect the marked money worth PHP2, In an interview with the media, Sumalinog admitted she has been a pimp for two years now, and was once an "angel" when was not yet married.
At the detention cell, Sumalinog's sister brought her nine-month-old baby girl whom she still breastfeeds. Her husband is a driver of a delivery truck of an online company. Copyright Philippine News Agency. Privacy Policy Terms of Use.
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