MANILA: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news website is critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the first of a...
Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa steps out with her lawyer Eric Recalde after being arraigned at the Court of Tax Appeals in Quezon City — Reuters: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news website is critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the first of a series of criminal charges she says are government attacks.
She entered her plea in a Manila court to four tax evasion charges stemming from a 2015 bond sale that raised money from a US-based investor for the news site she co-founded,The site has taken a tough stance on Duterte’s signature narcotics crackdown that has killed thousands of alleged drug dealers and users, but also cast a critical eye on his leadership and controversial public statements.
Ressa was arrested in her Manila office in mid-February on an online libel charge and was released on bail the next day.
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