MANILA COPS ARREST DRAG ARTIST PURA LUKA

BY BIBOY DE LEON

MEMBERS of the Manila Police District Station 3 (MPD-PS3) on Wednesday afternoon arrested drag artist Pura Luka Vega at his residence in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Luka Vega or Amadeus Fernando Pagente in real life, 33, was apprehended at his home on Hizon St. in Sta. Cruz, based on a warrant issued by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 36 Judge Czarina Villanueva for violation of Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code or Immoral Doctrines, Obscene Publications and Exhibitions and Indecent Shows, in relation to Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

A P72,000 bail was recommended for Vega’s temporary release.

Vega, whose video went viral and irked religious leaders and groups for his performance to the tune of the  “Ama Namin” prayer while wearing a Black Nazarene costume inside a local bar, was declared persona non-grata in some areas of the country.