MANILA—Veteran journalist Maria Ressa said she is bracing for the worst outcome that could put her years behind bars, ahead of a Manila court's verdict on Monday on a cyberlibel charge. "I'm ready.
MANILA—Veteran journalist Maria Ressa said she is bracing for the worst outcome that could put her years behind bars, ahead of a Manila court's verdict on Monday on a cyberlibel charge.
Keng accused them of smearing his reputation over a May 2012 article alleging that he supposedly allowed former Chief Justice Renato Corona to use an SUV. The same article cited an intelligence report alleging Keng had a shady past. Aside from the cyberlibel case, Rappler and Ressa are facing charges of tax fraud, violating the Securities Regulation Code and the Anti-Dummy Law, among others.
"We believe we are helping the government, especially in the time of COVID when they seem lost. Journalists ask questions not to be critical, it is to ask questions to help them find answers if they don't know how. A government being defensive forgets the check and balance of journalism," she said.
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