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(Eagle News) — Three South Korean nationals wanted by authorities in Seoul for telecommunications fraud have been arrested in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration said. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Lim Yeongjun, 36; Kwom Hyeoksoo, 49; and, Sim Dong Woo, 49; were, however, nabbed for operating clandestine call centers in Manila, which they used to trick and defraud their victims of more than 80 million won or more than $67,000, in violation of the […]
(Eagle News)—The National Bureau of Investigation has filed an inciting to sedition charge against the man authorities said was behind an online site that was among those that propagated the “Bikoy” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family. In filing the charge in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act against Robert Jayme, the NBI, in a resolution signed by Vicente de Guzman III, deputy director of the investigation service, noted what it said were conversations between […]
(Eagle News)—Vice President Leni Robredo has slammed the arrest of Rappler’s chief executive officer and executive editor Maria Ressa for cyber libel, calling it an affront to press freedom. “Dine-denounce natin in the strongest terms, na sa panahon ngayon, iyong political harassment dahil sa pagpapahayag ng saloobin, dahil sa pagpapahayag ng pangongontra sa ibang mga polisiya, nagiging dahilan para supilin iyong freedom, hindi lang ng members ng media, pero ng mga tao na naglalakas ng […]
(Eagle News) — Rappler’s Maria Ressa on Wednesday, Feb. 13, maintained her arrest for cyberlibel was only part of the government’s efforts to silence media critical of the administration, an allegation the Palace has vehemently denied. “We are not intimidated,” she said. According to Ressa, “these legal acrobatics show how far the government will go to silence journalists, including the pettiness of forcing me to spend the night in jail.” She was apparently referring to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has ordered the indictment of Rappler Inc.’s executive editor Maria Ressa and two others for cyberlibel in connection with an article that alleged then-Chief Justice Renato Corona, during his impeachment trial, had been using a sport utility vehicle lent to him by a “controversial” businessman. In a 7-page resolution dated Jan. 10 but received only by parties on Feb. 4, the DOJ ordered for Rappler Inc. and its […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation has filed a cyber-libel complaint against Rappler in connection with an article it published in 2012. Included in the complaint filed before the Department of Justice on March 2 were Reynaldo Santos, writer; Maria Ressa, Rappler editor in chief; and Rappler directors Manuel Ayala, Nico Jose Nolledo, Glenda Gloria, James Bitanga, Felicia Atienza, Dan Alber de Padua and Jose Maria Hofilena. The complaint stems from the article […]
No cyber libel committed in 2012 article, Ressa and Santos claim (Eagle News) — Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa and former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. on Thursday said that the complaints for cyber libel against them in connection with a Rappler article published in 2012 should be dismissed. In both their counter-affidavits submitted to the National Bureau of Investigation, Ressa and Santos alleged this was because Article 90 of the Revised Penal Code […]
