The senator says Manuel Mejorada continues to publish 'malicious' content against him despite his conviction in a previous libel case.
CYBER LIBEL. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, July 29, 2019, files a criminal complaint against former Iloilo provincial administrator Manuel Mejorada. Photo by Joseph Vidal/PRIB
In his complaint before Pasay City Prosecutor Elmer Cris Rillo, Drilon said that Mejorada continued to"maliciously accuse" him of corruption, despite being convicted of libel. "I was already taken aback by the individual titles of the videos themselves, as these already clearly show an imputation on my person of a crime, or of a vice or defect," Drilon said.
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