00:00Iginit ang kampo ni Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez na hindi pag-atake sa Press Freedom
00:06ang naging pag-aresto kay Franco Mabanta at kanyang mga kasama.
00:10Samantala, tinuturing na rin ng National Viewer Investigation na person of interest ang PGMN Angko na si CJ Hero.
00:17May unang balita si John Consulta.
00:24Matapos arrestuhin dahil sa pangingigil umano kay dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
00:29din nila na ang social media personality at founder ng Peanut Gallery Media Network o PGMN na si Franco Mabanta
00:36sa NBI Detention Facility sa Muntinlupa.
00:38Doon siya'y kukulong pati ang apat pang kasamahan.
00:41Ayon sa NBI, may tinitingnan pa silang iba pang personalidad mula sa PGMN.
00:47Kabilang dito ang PGMN Angkor na si CJ Hero.
00:50Ayon kay NBI Director Melvin Matibag.
00:53Kasama si Hero sa inereklamo, kanya tinuturing siya ngayong person of interest
00:57bilang bahagi doon ng pangingigil.
01:00May ipinadalang video clip si Lamabanta kay Romualdez na makakasira rao sa Kongresista
01:04at naroon sa video clip si Hero.
01:07Yung video na ginamit na clip, siya yung nandoon.
01:10Ipapatawag namin siya.
01:11We will go through the process.
01:14Actually, kung tutuusin, based doon sa complaint na binigay,
01:17dapat napasama na siya.
01:18But we want to exercise caution.
01:22Sinusubukang makuha ng GMA News ang panig ni Hero.
01:25Naka-deactivate na ang kanyang mga social media account.
01:28Ang kampo ni Romualdez,
01:30iginit na hindi pag-atake sa press freedom ang pag-aresto,
01:34kundi kaso umano ng extortion.
01:37PGMN is twisting the narrative.
01:39Ang tunay na tanong,
01:41meron ba ang humingi ng pera kapalit ng katahimikan?
01:45Representative Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
01:47only did what any other person exposed to the same circumstance would do.
01:53He reported it to the proper authorities
01:55and the NBI acted on that report
01:58pursuant to its mandate under the law.
02:00Ano mang material o expose na sinasabing hawak daw ngayon ng PGMN
02:04ay irrelevant o walang kaugayan
02:07sa iniimbisigahang aligasyon ng extortion.
02:10If anyone believes he has evidence of wrongdoing,
02:14the proper recourse is simple.
02:16Release it.
02:17Submit it to the proper authorities.
02:19And let the proper institutions act on it.
02:22Not use it as leverage in exchange for money.
02:25That is what PGMN did.
02:28They purportedly produced a video
02:30that was allegedly ready to run several weeks ago
02:33and yet chose not to release it.
02:35That is not journalism.
02:37That is extortion.
02:39Ang ganito raw gawain ay nakasisira sa lihitibang pamahayag
02:43at nakapipinsala sa tiwala ng publiko
02:45sa mga tunay ng media institusyon.
02:49Nakausap ng mga member ng media
02:50ang abogado ni Babanta sa inquest
02:52ng mga respondent gate niya.
02:54We felt very confident of our defense.
02:57We saw the fatal flaws of the complaint affidavit,
03:01the evidence that they've attached,
03:03and we are really confident
03:05that we built a very strong defense.
03:09Ayon kay Director Matibag,
03:10may iba pang mga government official
03:12ang nagparamdam sa NBI.
03:13May iba lang po mga nagpaparamdam
03:16that we don't have.
03:17Marami-rami na po.
03:18Eh basta nasa gobyerno po
03:20at may mga private personalities din.
03:22Wala naman diretsyong nagsabi
03:24na na-blackmail sila
03:25but from the looks of it,
03:28parang yun yung gusto ng direksyon.
03:29Hinihingyan namin ng panibagong pahayag
03:31ang kampo ni Babanta tungkol dyan.
03:33Pero nauna lang itinanggi ni Babanta
03:35ang aligasyon ng pangingikil.
03:37We definitely didn't extort speaker among all of us.
03:39Sabi pa ni Babanta,
03:41set up ang nangyari pag-aresto.
03:43So, sagot dito ng NBI.
03:45Nakita mo yung tendency na
03:46to avoid yung mga ibabidyo,
03:49makuha ng CCTV,
03:51nagpagpad iba-iba direksyon,
03:52may mga phone calls,
03:54may exchange of text messages.
03:55Mahirap naman na tayo
03:56nasasabihin natin set up.
03:57And it's very unfair to the men and women of NBI
04:00na nagtatrabaho ng maayos.
04:02Nakausap din ng JME News
04:03ang isang NBI agent
04:05na nakapagkita sa mga kasamahan ng Babanta
04:07para maghatid ng pera.
04:08Nag-instruction sa amin,
04:10nadalin ito sa isang lugar,
04:11sa pasig at ibang tao yung magtatanggap.
04:14Nag-apply na raw ang NBI
04:16ng Cyberwarad
04:17para sa mga nakuha nila
04:18mga gadget na mga suspect.
04:19Ito ang unang balita.
04:21John Consulta,
04:22JME News.
04:23JME News.
04:25JME News.
04:26JME News.
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04:28JME News.
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