Guillermo Eleazar, director of the Quezon City Police District, was quick to allay such fears and maintained that the inspections were part of regular operations. Eleazar explained that what his men did was “no different” from the routine bag inspections done by security guards in malls or office buildings. ADVERTISEMENTAnxious netizens turned to social media to report the presence of policemen in the bars, noting how they opened and inspected the bags of customers. “One officer went to our table and asked if he could check my bag for guns,” she said. A representative of Ateneo de Manila University, a campus along Katipunan Avenue, attended one of those meetings, he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 14, 2017 15:56 UTC