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Locsin faces disbarment case over tweet on Palestinian kids
A Muslim civic group, 1Bangsa, filed a disbarment complaint against former Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. at the Supreme Court.
The complaint stems from Locsin's now-deleted tweet about Palestinian children, which the group described as 'Islamophobic hate speech'.
In his tweet, Locsin allegedly stated that Palestinian children should be killed as they might grow up to become as gullible as innocent Palestinians letting Hamas launch rockets at Israel.
1Bangsa president Maulana Balangi expressed concern that Locsin's remarks put the safety of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Filipino diplomats, and embassy personnel in jeopardy.
Locsin, the Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, called his statement a 'sarcastic response to a tweet' and issued a conditional apology, but 1Bangsa found it insincere.
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