Police arrests journalists over case filed by political party personnel

Description

Polangui and Legaspi PNP arrested victim in connection with second cyberlibel case filed against him by reported Ako Bikol personnel in connection with his comments about alleged corruption in irrigation projects in the province.

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
Region V – Bicol Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Ako Bicol (Partylist) Represntative
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Non-state actors (Political party, intolerance group, religious group, individual, private organization, private company, etc)
Gender
Data not collected
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)