Manila, Oct. 23 -- The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) slapped Arwind Santos with a hefty penalty after hitting Tonton Bringas in the face during the Monday night game between Basilan and GenSan in the South Division quarterfinals

In an announcement late Wednesday night, the league suspended the Portmasters' star forward indefinitely and ordered him to pay a PHP100,000 monetary sanction.

"We condemn the incident and the MPBL will not tolerate such actions, especially during the playoffs," MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes said in a statement.

The incident happened at the 8:32 mark of the fourth quarter in Game 2 of the series between the two teams at the Malolos Convention Center.

Both Santos and Bringas were jockeying f...