MANILA, Philippines — Forty police officers in fatigue uniforms deployed outside the De La Salle University-Manila outnumbered protesters at the campus during an anti-terror bill protest held on the celebration of the 122nd Independence Day. Contributed photos showed that there were less than 20 protesters who gathered inside the DLSU campus. “Violations may give rise to penal sanctions under existing public health laws, not under criminal laws. (Eduardo) Año said, there are safer ways to express one’s protest during this period of public health emergency,” he said on Thursday. On Friday morning before most protests started, Philippine National Police spokesperson Brig.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 12, 2020 09:00 UTC