Tomorrow, June 15, the Manila Trial Court will hand down its verdict on the cyber libel case against Rappler, Maria Ressa, and former researcher-writer Rey Santos Jr. What are the details of the cyber libel complaint? Read here. HoldTheLine
Though the NBI itself has branded it a cyber libel complaint, the header of the affidavit-complaint actually citesRappler's lawyer Jose Jesus"JJ" Disini said libel under the RPC has a prescriptive period of one year, which has lapsed.A copy of the complaint was provided to Rappler only during the meeting on Monday. Eduarte said it is"normal" that a complaint is not given to the camp of the defense, seeing that it’s not yet a criminal proceeding.
Former journalist Rigoberto Tiglao, the source of Solicitor General Jose Calida when he asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to probe Rappler, had falsely identified Benjamin Bitanga as the owner of Rappler.
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