Tagbilaran mayor faces charges for ‘genital exposure’, denies allegation
By Davinci S. Maru
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
MAYOR Dan Lim of Tagbilaran City, Bohol denied reports that he allegedly showed his private parts to two flight attendants
on board a flight for Manila last Friday afternoon.
“Kung nag binastos ko (If I was being lascivious), why did I submit myself to authority?
Wala na nako buhata (I did not do it),†he said over a radio dyLA interview.
The alleged exposure fueled a sharing spree online 12 hours after the incident, which Lim said has tainted his political image.
Lim is facing complaints of sexual harassment and grave scandal lodged against him by the two flight attendants.
The incident happened inside Zestair flight (Z2352) when Lim allegedly reacted violently after he was told that he could not
yet go to the restroom as the plane was already taxiing on the runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
while the “fasten your seat belt†sign was still on.
Urinate
The mayor, instead, asked one of the complainants if she wants him to urinate in the cabin and demanded to talk with the captain.
Out of embarrassment, the attendant called the attention of the pilot, Capt. Ronaldo Ramos, who later allowed Lim to use
the lavatory to avoid further scandal inside the aircraft.
The attendant, however, said she was shocked to see Lim allegedly opened his pants and pulled down his underwear,
exposing his genitals in front of the shocked attendants.
One of the attendants, who failed to hide her tears out of shame, described the incident as traumatic.
Commotion
The incident caused a commotion at the airplane that prompted the attendants to call the pilot.
She described the mayor as “unruly as he started talking in a loud voice.â€
Upon disembarking from the plane, Lim and the two attendants were brought to the Airport Police Department for investigation.
Lim, in an interview, complained against the airline company for being insensitive to people like him.
He described himself as a 59-year-old man who suffers from diabetes and needs to urinate often.
Lim also believed his political opponents are taking the opportunity to blow the issue out of proportion to hamper his plan in the 2013 elections.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on December 21, 2011.
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