MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Richard Gordon on Saturday took issue with the evening arrest of Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents as the timing did not give Ressa a chance to post bail. “Ayoko yung ginawa ng NBI — yung titirahin mo yung hindi makapag-bail dahil gabi na,” Gordon said in an interview over AM radio station DWIZ. ADVERTISEMENT[I don’t want what the NBI did — that you get someone who could not post bail because it’s already evening.] READ: Rappler’s Maria Ressa arrested for cyberlibelRessa was able to post bail of P100,000 on Thursday, after spending the night at the NBI headquarters in Manila. ADVERTISEMENT“In this particular case, harassment could come from the guy who sued Maria Ressa.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 16, 2019 10:18 UTC