QC police arrests

Uber driver for

allegedly harassing
female rider
Uber partner-driver Troy Silva is accused of harassing his sleeping
female passenger

Aika Rey
@reyaika
Published 1:51 PM, February 05, 2018
Updated 5:38 PM, February 05, 2018

MANILA, Philippines – Quezon City (QC) police arrested an Uber

driver who allegedly harassed his female passenger.
On Sunday, February 4, Uber driver Troy Silva, 46, was detained
at Kamuning Police Station for unjust vexation or light coercion.
According to the police report at 12:57 am on Sunday, the female
complainant said she fell asleep at the front passenger seat during
the ride when she woke up to Silva’s breath on her face. (WATCH:
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She demanded to be dropped off at Barangay Batasan in Quezon
City. There a confrontation ensued between the complainant's
boyfriend and Silva. Meanwhile, Silva claimed that a friend
harassed the complainant and inflicted injuries on him when he
tried to intervene.
The two parties were brought to Batasan Police Station, where the
complainant said it was Silva who harassed her while she was in
his car.
The case was turned over to the Kamuning Police Station which
has the jurisdiction over the case.
Uber confirmed that Silva was one of their partner-drivers.
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ride-hailing services)
"We will issue a suspension case order. If substantial evidence
exists then he will not be granted a Certificate of Public
Convenience for TNVS (Transport Network Vehicle Service),"
Uber management said in a message forwarded to media by the
Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board late
Sunday.
QC police chief Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar reminded the public to
report any instances of harassment immediately to the police:
"Pinapaalalahanan ko po ang ating mga kababayan na maging
mas maingat sa pagsakay sa mga ganitong pribadong
pampasaherong sasakyan. Hinihikayat ko rin ang iba pang
biktima ng ganitong mga panghaharass na agarang magsumbong
sa pulis," he said.
(I am reminding our citizens to be more cautious in riding private
passenger vehicles. I am encouraging other victims of harassment
to immediately report such incidents to the police.)
This is not the first time harassment cases were filed against TNVS
drivers.
In July 2016, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped by an Uber
driver in Quezon City.
Another Uber passenger in November 2016 complained of
harassment. The driver allegedly harassed and asked his daughter
"for a movie date."
In 2017, a female passenger accused her Grab driver of stealing a
kiss while onboard the vehicle.
Under the Revised Penal Code, violators charged unjust vexation
can be arrested, pay a fine of up to P200, or both.