00:00An extortion complaint by former Speaker Martin Romualdez triggers the arrest of Peanut Gallery Media Network founder Franco Mabanta.
00:07The National Bureau of Investigation arrested Mabanta and four others in an entrapment operation Tuesday, May 5.
00:14Mabanta allegedly demanded that Romualdez hand over 300 million pesos in exchange for withholding content linking the lawmaker to corruption
00:21in the House of Representatives.
00:23This supposedly prompted Romualdez to file a complaint with the NBI.
00:27Mabanta was a social media strategist of the Marcoses in 2018.
00:31But Palace Press Officer Claire Castro clarifies Mabanta is no friend of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
00:37Castro instead presents photos of Mabanta with the Dutertes, questioning their relationship.
00:43Mabanta and the four other suspects are currently under the custody of the NBI.
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