A House representative on Sunday urged her peers to investigate the home visit by a non-uniformed police officer to a journalist, supposedly to check on the welfare of media practitioners following the recent killing of a broadcaster. READ:
We think that this incident has to be investigated by Congress and should not be taken as an isolated incident and be viewed on the wider perspective of media harassment, red tagging and extra-judicial killings,The lawmaker cited that these supposedsanctioned by the police leadership have been similarly done to teachers and members of organizations that the government labels as communist-terrorists.
The NUJP said in a statement that similar visits, which violate privacy rights, have been reported by other members of the press.We urge the National Capital Region Police Office and other police units to arrange these dialogues through more formal channels,We also call on the police to take note of and address online threats to our colleagues, including the baseless red-tagging that many in the community have had to endure,NCRPO head Jonnel C.
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