Director Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), clarified on Monday why blogger Drew Olivar could not yet be arrested over his “bomb scare” post on Facebook. Eleazar also hosted a press conference with the two bloggers present, but Olivar was not arrested. Olivar apologized, but only to those who were alarmed by his post or who misunderstood what he said. According to Eleazar, Olivar was not arrested during the press conference since his bomb scare did not fall within the circumstances of warrantless arrest under the Section 5 of Rule 113 of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure. Eleazar said Olivar’s offense had already “consummated” before he attended the press conference and that the meeting happened after the supposed occurence of the bomb threat.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 24, 2018 09:33 UTC