Description
On May 5, 2023 (Friday) known red-tagger Lorraine Badoy, and NTF-ELCAC spokesman Jeffrey Celis red-tagged NUJP chairperson Jonathan de Santos during their daily TV show “Laban Kasama ang Bayan,” broadcasted on SMNI, the broadcasting arm of television evangelist Apollo Quiboloy, they claimed that De Santos had been active in the “underground operations” of the communist rebellion in his younger years. Last Monday (May 8), Badoy had once again red-tagged De Santos in a public Facebook post on her personal account. In her post, she had called De Santos “an urban operative of the CPP NPA NDF” and even dared him to sue her for a “real crime” like cyber-libel.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Editor
Status of journalists
Full time
Gender
Male
Age
Data not collected
Country
NCR – National Capital Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Lorraine Badoy, Jeffrey Celis
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Non-state actors (Political party, intolerance group, religious group, individual, private organization, private company, etc)
Gender
Unknown
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2023
Type of incident
Terror
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