(UPDATE) VICE President Sara Duterte has lashed out at critics who claim that her children's book, "Isang Kaibigan (A friend)," was plagiarized from the work of an American author.

Social media users, which also include some prominent authors, allege that Duterte's story was copied from the graphic novel "Owly: Just a Little Blue" by Andy Runton.

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