SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied that he knows the businessman who filed a cyberlibel case against Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa. Ressa was arrested on Wednesday inside the news agency’s office over a case filed by Wilfredo Keng, who was the subject of Rappler’s article titled “CJ using SUVs of a controversial businessman” published in 2012. ADVERTISEMENTThe CJ referred to in the story was then Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was undergoing an impeachment trial. “Hindi ko kilala iyang si Keng (I do not know Keng). Frankly I do not know him or what prompted him to file a case,” Duterte told reporters at the sidelines of the campaign sortie of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan here in Bulacan.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 14, 2019 15:13 UTC