If you need proof that fact is stranger than fiction, here it is.
“On Monday, April 28, Sergeant Henry Abonalla, 44, was brought into custody following the confrontation with Police Officer 2 Marissa Lim, 47, outside the room of a prosecutor during a break in the hearing of a complaint against Abonalla,” reports Reinir Padua in The Philippine Star.
Here’s how it started:
Abonalla was the respondent in a grave threat complaint filed by Orlando Serrano Jr., who is Lim’s relative.
Lim had accompanied Serrano to the preliminary investigation of the complaint against Abonalla.
Lim, who was in uniform, was waiting outside the fiscal’s room.
Then, a power outage halted the hearing, prompting the parties to go out of the room.
The report then described what happened next: “Abonalla reportedly took out a camera and snapped a photo of Lim, arousing her suspicion. She then confronted the soldier, demanding that he erase it from his phone. The soldier refused. A heated argument ensued, during which Lim even chased Abonalla in an effort to have the photo deleted.”
Abonalla then allegedly pushed and elbowed the policewoman in the chest. He also told Lim, “May araw ka rin sa akin (I’ll get you, one day).”
Lim then asked for help from the policemen detailed at the city justice hall.
Screengrab from the De Guzman Galias & Rivera Law Offices website
