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00:00Posible rao magpian sa ngayong araw si PGMN founder Franco Mabanta
00:06at apat na iba pa sa kasong pangingikil umano sa kongresista ayon sa kanyang abogado.
00:12Git naman po ng kampo ni dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
00:15hindi pag-atake sa Press Freedom ang pagkakaaresto kay Mabanta.
00:19Balitang hatiad ni John Consulpa.
00:25Matapos arestuhin dahil sa pangingikil umano kay dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
00:30dinila na ang social media personality at founder ng Peanut Gallery Media Network o PGMN
00:35na si Franco Mabanta sa NBI Detention Facility sa Muntinlupa.
00:39Doon siya'y kukulong pati ang apat pang kasamahan.
00:42Ayon sa NBI, may tinitingnan pa silang iba pang personalidad mula sa PGMN.
00:47Kabilang dito ang PGMN anchor na si CJ Hero ayon kay NBI Director Melvin Matibag.
00:53Kasama si Hero sa inereklamo kaya tinuturing siya ngayong person of interest
00:58bilang bahagi doon ng pangingikil.
01:00May ipinadalang videoclip si Mabanta kay Romualdez na mga kasira raw sa Kongresista at naroon sa videoclip si Hero.
01:07Yung video na ginamit na clip, siya yung nando doon. Ipapatawag namin siya.
01:12We will go through the process. Actually, kung tutuusin, based doon sa complaint na binigay, dapat napasama na siya.
01:19But 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, iginit na hindi pag-atake sa press freedom ang pag-aresto,
01:34kundi kaso umano ng extortion.
01:37PGMN is twisting the narrative.
01:40Ang tunay na tanong, meron ba ang humingi ng pera kapalit ng katahimikan?
01:45Representative Ferdinand Martin Romualdez only did what any other person exposed to the same circumstance would do.
01:53He reported it to the proper authorities and the NBI acted on that report pursuant to its mandate under the
02:00law.
02:00Ano mang material o expose na sinasabing hawak daw ngayon ng PGMN ay irrelevant o walang kaugayan sa iniimbisigahang aligasyon
02:09ng extortion.
02:10If anyone believes he has evidence of wrongdoing, the proper recourse is simple.
02:16Release it. Submit it to the proper authorities.
02:20And let the proper institutions act on it.
02:23Not use it as leverage in exchange for money.
02:26That is what PGMN did.
02:28They purportedly produced a video that was allegedly ready to run several weeks ago and yet chose not to release
02:36it.
02:36That is not journalism.
02:38That is extortion.
02:40Ang ganito raw gawain ay nakasisira sa lihitibang pamahayag at nakapipinsala sa tiwala ng publiko sa mga tunay ng media
02:47institusyon.
02:49Nakausap ng mga member ng media ang abogado ni Babanta sa inquest ng mga respondent giit niya.
02:54We felt very confident of our defense. We saw the fatal flaws of the complaint affidavit, the evidence that they've
03:03attached.
03:03And we are really confident that we built a very strong defense.
03:09Ayon kay Director Matibag, may iba pa mga government official ang nagparamdam sa NBI.
03:17Marami-rami na po. Eh basta nasa gobyerno po. At may mga private personalities din.
03:23Wala naman diretsyong nagsabi na na-blackmail sila. But from the looks of it, parang yun yung gusto ng direksyon.
03:30Hinihingyan namin ng panibagong pahayag ang kampo ni Babanta tungkol dyan.
03:34Pero nauna lang itinanggi ni Babanta ang aligasyon ng pangingikil.
03:37We definitely didn't start speaking from all this.
03:39Sabi pa ni Babanta, set up ang nangyari pag-aresto. Sagot dito ng NBI.
03:45Nakita mo yung tendency na to avoid yung mga mga video, makuha ng CCTV, nagpagpad iba-iba direksyon, may mga
03:54phone calls, may exchange of text messages.
03:56May hirap naman na tayo na sasabihin natin si Hira.
03:58And it's very unfair to the men and women of NBI na nagtatrabaho ng maayos.
04:03Nakausap din ng JME News ang isang NBI agent na nakapagkita sa mga kasamahan ni Babanta para maghatid ng pera.
04:09Nag-instruction sa amin, nadalhin ito sa isang lugar, sa Pasig, at ibang tao yung magtatanggap.
04:15Nag-apply na rin ako ang NBI ng Cyberwarad para sa mga nakuha nila mga gadget ng mga suspect.
04:20John Consulta, nagbabalita para sa GMA News.
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