Palace: Libel charge based on penal code
By Melvin Gascon, Gil C. Cabacungan
Inquirer Northern Luzon, Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:01 am | Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—Environmentalists and Internet users have rallied behind Esperlita “Perling” Garcia, an antimining advocate who was arrested on Thursday on libel charges for a purported critical post on Facebook in spite of the Supreme Court’s suspension of the cybercrime law.
In Manila, however, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the arrest of the 62-year-old Garcia, who was detained overnight and released on Friday after posting a P10,000 bail, was prompted by a violation of the Revised Penal Code.
Lacierda denied the claim of the militant youth group Anakbayan that Garcia was arrested for violation of the harsher electronic, or e-, libel law.
“This is not a case of e-libel,” Lacierda told reporters, dismissing suggestions that the Garcia case smacked of an “e-martial law” clampdown on social networking sites.
It was the second known case of an alleged cybercrime since 16 nurses were sacked in August for having “liked” criticism on Facebook against the Taguig-Pateros District Hospital.
Since Saturday, netizens have been visiting “Cyber-Perling,” the Facebook page set up to mobilize support for Garcia, president of the Gonzaga Alliance for Environmental Protection and Preservation.
The alliance is leading the opposition to small-scale mining operations for magnetite sand by Chinese and Taiwanese companies in Gonzaga, Cagayan province. The activity has been authorized by the Cagayan provincial government.
“Let’s continue to protect our environment with prayers, and let’s support people like Ma’am Perling. Saving people like [her] is saving our lives,” said Martin Francisco, president of the Sagip Sierra Madre Environmental Society Inc., a nongovernment organization.
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