Maria Ressa seeks court ruling on DoJ motion for indictment over cyberlibel rapBy The Manila Timeshome/News/Latest Stories/Today's Breaking News/Maria Ressa seeks court ruling on DoJ motion for indictment over cyberlibel rapMARIA Ressa, chief executive officer of news website Rappler Inc., will ask the court hearing her cyberlibel case to render the decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to recommend her and a former Rappler researcher’s indictment as invalid, said her legal counsel on Friday. Disini said that the Cybercrime Prevention Act was enacted in September of 2012, four months after the story was posted. Disini said that nevertheless, under the Revised Penal Code, the crime of libel must be filed within one year of publication. The lawyer said the DoJ made a new interpretation of the Revised Penal Code and the Cybercrime Prevention Act. She was held at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Manila overnight, a move which sparked outrage here and abroad.

Source: Manila Times February 15, 2019 13:17 UTC