Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes. NOY MORCOSO/黑料社 FILE PHOTO
Fake news.
This was how Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary General Renato Reyes described a story circulating that he had lost his wallet during his group鈥檚 latest series of protests in Manila during the recently-concluded Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit.
鈥淣ope. Fake news,鈥� Reyes said Friday when asked by聽聽about the story.
鈥淗aha wala akong wallet na nawawala. Ang wallet ko ay nasa akin. Kasalukuyang nakasampay dahil naisama sa washing machine,鈥� he added.
(I don鈥檛 have any missing wallet. My wallet is here with me, currently hanged because it was soaked in the washing machine.)
He later posted a photo of his wallet hanging in a clothesline.
According to a story that went viral on Friday, Reyes allegedly lost his wallet during the series of anti-Trump protest along Taft Avenue and the militant leader even appealed over a radio station to return it.
The purse was allegedly filled with important identification cards and cash amounting to P5,000 and P2,500, which was supposedly the payment for the protest.
Reyes dismissed all of these information as make-believe. /jpv