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28 March 2024

College student molests teen 'friend'

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MANILA: Police have arrested a 20-year-old college student for allegedly raping his 13-year-old text mate in the central Philippine city of Mandaue, Cebu province.

Alfonso Chin Basubas, of Villa Leyson Subdivision in Barangay Bacayan, Cebu City, was with the victim for the second time inside a motel in Barangay Guizo when the police arrested him and rescued the minor.
 
The suspect denied the allegations, saying that the girl was his girlfriend. The victim, however, insisted she and the suspect were not in an intimate relationship.
 
The police said that Basubas will be facing a criminal complaint for statutory rape, whatever his relationship with the girl, in accordance to Republic Act 7610, otherwise known as the Child Abuse Law.
 
The victim had allegedly agreed with the suspect to meet him at a mall in Mandaue City last April 21, according to the tabloid ‘Pilipino Star Ngayon’. She added that she tried to run away during the first time she was raped in a motel in Cebu City, but recalled that the suspect was too strong for her.
 
Senior Inspector Wilson Abot, chief of the Basak Police Station, said the victim narrated her ordeal to her parents, who then informed the
police. The suspect was arrested for his alleged criminal act the second time.