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. According to the article0 Corona used a car owned by Keng. But Rappler kept the article online and even updated it in 2014. Ressa was arrested by agents of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday after a warrant was issued by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 16, 2019 11:48 UTC