Claim: A video shows overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) chanting a song with the lyrics “Sara Sara Magnanakaw” (Sara, Sara is a thief) during Vice President Sara Duterte’s visit to Hong Kong.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The claim appears in a video shared in multiple Facebook posts on November 8 by various pages and accounts, including the following:
A post from the page “Pro Filipinas,” with around 25,400 reactions, 7,400 comments, 4,200 shares, and 700,000 views as of writing
A post from the account “Nhenz Ros,” with around 10,500 reactions, 3,100 comments, 1,700 shares, and 269,000 views as of writing
Posts on November 8 from the account “Yayam Dizon,” the account “Anna Belle,” the page “Kagawad Joey,” and the page “Venus Domingo Dugam.”
The facts: The video showing a crowd seemingly calling Duterte a thief used audio from a different, unrelated source: a video titled “Sara, Sara magnanakaw” posted on July 6 on the YouTube channel and Facebook page of Abante News Online.
The Abante News Online video showed protesters chanting the exact same lyrics and in the same tone in front of the Senate building. July 6 was the first day of Duterte’s impeachment trial. (READ: Inside the courtroom: Week 1 of Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial)
