Practice question
A Filipino abroad is the victim of an ordinary isolated theft by a foreigner. A complaint invokes only RA 9851 section 17(c), identifies no war-crime, genocide, or crime-against-humanity elements, and argues that Filipino victimhood is enough. Which assessment is correct?
- Every offense against a Filipino falls under RA 9851
- Paragraph (c) creates the substantive offense of all foreign theft
- The complaint must first identify a crime defined and penalized by RA 9851; victim nationality alone does not expand its coverage
- A Filipino victim automatically makes all foreign courts lose jurisdiction
- The accused must be naturalized before the issue can be resolved
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html — Republic Act No. 9851, section 17
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