Enrile on Ressa’s arrest: ‘It’s just unfortunate that she’s a member of media’

MANILA, Philippines --- "It's just unfortunate that she's a member of the media," former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said on Saturday when asked to comment about the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa for cyberlibel. "I'm not familiar with the facts of the case," he said, during the Saturday Forum at Annabel's Restaurant in Quezon City. But he noted that there was in fact a case, saying: "Libel is a crime usually committed by members of the media if they are not careful with their semantics." https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=-r0iSHTiVbk Ressa's cyberlibel charge stemmed from a complaint filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng who b...

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