Senator Manny Pacquiao said the killing of veteran Filipino journalist Jesus Malabanan is proof of the“glaring impunity” that continues to be felt in the Philippines. | DYGalvezINQ
The professional boxer-turned-politician urged the Philippine National Police to probe Malabanan’s murder and “bring the perpetrators to justice.”
“I call on the Philippine National Police to get into the bottom of this case and bring the perpetrators to justice. Tigilan na natin ang karahasan sa mga mamamahayag,” he said. Malabanan, a correspondent for the Manila Standard, Bandera, and Reuters, was shot dead inside their store in Calbayog, Western Samar at around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 8, his wife Mila said., 58, covered the Defense beat until the 1990s when he transferred his residence to Pampanga.
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