MTRCB summons 'On The Wings of Love' over James Reid striptease

MANILA, Philippines — The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) will have a dialogue with the people behind the ABS-CBN show "On The Wings of Love."

This is after the Philippine National Police complained about a scene on the show's January 11 episode which featured its star James Reid wearing a police uniform while doing a striptease.

ABS-CBN immediately released a statement apologizing for the striptease scene.

READ: OTWOL: No offense meant to PNP

In a letter dated January 18, MTRCB Chairperson Eugenio "Toto" Villareal said ABS-CBN needs to provide "concrete and measurable steps... to prevent any repeat of the incident."

The letter is addressed to ABS-CBN business unit heads Kylie Manalo-Balagtas and Julie Ann Benitez, "On The Wings of Love" director Antoinette Jadaone, executive producer Arnel Nacario and head writer Benedict Mique.

The meeting will happen on January 25.

The letter reads:

We refer to the above-captioned episod of the subject program, currently showing over Channel 2, ABS-CBN. The said episode portrayed actor James Reid doing a strip tease while wearing a PNP General Officer uniform, allegedly with a police badge and showing the rank of SPO4. According to a statement by PNP Spokesperson CSupt Wilben Mayot on or about 14 January 2016, "(t)he PNP uniform is sacred to policemen and police women" and "the strip tease scene of Reid did not properly reflect a policeman's duty to enforce the law and assist citizens."

We gather that the network concerned recently issued an "apology" over media. However, the purported apology was in general terms, and did not specify what concrete and measurable steps that the program as well as the network will take to prevent any repeat of the incident.