American expelled for sexual harassment on Mindoro governor

October 27, 2004

An American male was expelled from the Philippines immediately upon arrival here after a Filipina provincial governor accused him of sexually harassing her on the plane, airport officials said on Wednesday.

Josephine Sato, governor of Mindoro Island near Manila, complained to the Philippine Airlines plane crew that the American man, in his mid-50s, had groped her as she made her way back to her seat from the lavatory.

The crew forwarded the complaint to airport police who detained the man at Manila airport. The man said he mistook the governor for his wife.

No charges were filed but the man was put on the next plane out and was permanently barred from the country.

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