{"id":5984,"date":"2024-05-21T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:46:38","slug":"cyber-libel-raps-filed-vs-doctor-over-statements-on-alleged-pharma-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/cyber-libel-raps-filed-vs-doctor-over-statements-on-alleged-pharma-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"CYBER LIBEL RAPS FILED VS DOCTOR OVER STATEMENTS ON ALLEGED PHARMA SCHEME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC health advocate Dr. Anthony C. Leachon &nbsp;on Tuesday was charged with cyber libel over his alleged malicious accusations against a pharmaceutical company.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bell-Kenz Pharmaceuticals Inc., through its legal counsels, filed the complaint with the National Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s Cybercrime Division.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to attorney Dezery Perlez, Bell-Kenz Pharma Inc. legal counsel and spokesperson, Dr. Leachon&#8217;s allegations of &#8220;multi-level marketing scheme&#8221; against the company are malicious and baseless.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The pharmaceutical company&#8217;s legal counsel said the social media post of Dr. Leachon, including the alleged recruitment of several doctors to prescribe their drug products in exchange for a gift of a luxury car and a trip abroad, is malicious and baseless.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attorney Joseph Vincent Go, &nbsp;another legal counsel for Bell-Kenz, said that the accusations against his client have damaged the integrity and operation of the pharmaceutical company.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Go said the sales of the medicines and other products by the company have been affected by the baseless accusations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The lawyers reiterated that Bell-Kenz Pharma is &nbsp;a &#8220;law-abiding pharmaceutical entity&#8221; and complies with all government regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a Senate hearing last month, Bell-Kenz\u2019s chief executive officer Luis Raymond Go also dismissed the allegations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC health advocate Dr. Anthony C. Leachon &nbsp;on Tuesday was charged with cyber libel over his alleged malicious accusations against a pharmaceutical company. Bell-Kenz Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5988,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984\/revisions\/5988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}