Trader to sue man for mace attack

CEBU - A Filipino-Chinese businessman yesterday said he plans to file charges against a man who allegedly sprayed mace on him and his family in the early morning last January 1, just outside the Maria Luisa Subdivision.

Eric Uy yesterday said that he would pursue a case against a certain Bing Mendezona who he alleged attacked him and his family.

He said that before the incident he was heading home to Maria Luisa Subdivision in his car with his wife, eight-year-old child, their helper and his brother-in-law from a New Year’s Eve party.

They just passed the Banilad flyover when another vehicle behind them kept honking to be allowed to overtake. Uy said his brother-in-law was driving and they let the car pass but his wife yelled “bastos” to the impatient vehicle.

But the vehicle later cut them off at the game of the subdivision and a woman, later followed by a man who was later identified as Mendezona, got off and asked them to leave the vehicle.

Uy said they all got out to confront Mendezona but he sprayed mace at them before the two of them rushed back to their vehicle and entered the subdivision where they also live. Uy rushed his family to the Cebu City Medical Center for treatment.

Security guards of the said subdivision witnessed what happened and reported it to Mabolo Police Station. A policeman accompanied them to the house of Mendezona but he did not let them in and just reportedly told them: “kiha lang mo.”

Mendezona yesterday told The FREEMAN that he did not incessantly blow his horn but just flashed his lights at Uy’s vehicle to make him give way to a police car that was responding to an alarm at that time.

“Akong gi-flash akong lights para signalan ang sakyanan nga nagsige ug sunod-sunod, babag-babag sa sakyanan sa police nga padaplin kay abi nakog mga batan-on ang nag-drive,” Mendezona said.

He also said that at the gate of the said subdivision, Uy and his wife attacked him and the brother-in-law punched him, prompting him to defend himself with a can of mace.

He also denied that he was a former Los Angeles policeman and said he works for the sales division of a company based abroad.

Mendezona hopes the incident would be settled as he is willing to ask forgiveness for what happened. — Christopher Gabriel Bonjoc/BRP   (THE FREEMAN)