Journalist convicted over cyberlibel case filed by previous government official
Description
A local court in Quezon City convicts journalist Frank Cimatu of cyber libel. The charges were filed by former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Reporter
Status of journalists
Full time
Gender
Male
Age
Data not collected
Country
CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Male
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Identify which civil lawsuit use for this case i.e defamation, fake-news, publication, etc)
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