Manila, June 19 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is providing all necessary assistance to "Mak-mak," the person on the autism spectrum ganged up inside a public utility bus along Buendia Avenue in Makati, an agency official assured on Thursday.

"Nakatutok ang Central Office dito. Direktiba ni Secretary Rex Gatchalian na bantayan, i-proseso, at bigyan ng karampatang serbisyo [ang biktima] (The Central Office is focused on this. Secretary Gatchalian has ordered us to monitor, process, and provide necessary assistance to the victim)," Director Edwin Morata of the Protective Services Bureau-Crisis Intervention Unit (PSB-CIU) said during a media forum at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City.

According to the CIU c...