The conviction
of a journalist in the country specially as regards to Rappler’s Maria Ressa
and its former reporter Reynaldo Santos, Jr.
Department of
Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Markk Perete said the DOJ’s Office of Cybercrime
(DOJ-OOC) showed that there are already thirteen (13) cyberlibel convictions
based on the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
“Per OOC records, there are 13 cyber libel convictions, three of which
involve journalists,” said Perete who heads the OOC.
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| Rappler’s Maria Ressa (photo credit to owner) |
“The exercise of a freedom should and must be used with due regard to
the freedom of others. As Nelson Mandela said ‘for to be free is not merely to
cast off one’s chains but to lkive in a way that respects and enhances the
freedom of others’,” read the 37-page decision of Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa
of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 36.
Early this
week Judge Estacio-Montesa ound Ressa and Santos guilty beyond reasonable doubt
for violation the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and sentenced the two to
imprisonment ranging from six (6) months and one day up to six (6) years.
Ressa and
Santos were slapped with P200,000 fine as moral damages and P200,000 as
exemplary damages.
The case
stemmed from the article published by Rappler titled “CJ Using SUVs of
Controversial Businessman”, implying that businessman Wilfred Keng is involved
in some illegal activities.
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