MANILA, Philippines – Inatasan ni Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) na imbestigahan at maghain ng reklamo laban sa mga vloggers na binabayaran ng mga illegal drug traders at POGO para magpakalat ng fake news.
Sinabi ni Barbers na lumihan na sya kay NBI chief Jaime Santiago ukol sa maling ginagawa ng mga vloggers na binabaluktot ang katotohanan kapalit ng pondo mula sa POGO at illegal drugs.
“these vloggers will not only damage the integrity of public service, but also foster an environment of confusion, distrust and deception of public perception.”ani Barbers.
Sa nasabing liham, sinabi ni Barbers na dapat matukoy ng NBI ang pagkakakilanlan ng mga gumagawa ng video para lituhin ang publiko sa kung ano ang nangyayari sa bansa.
“investigate and determine the identity of the persons or groups responsible for creating and posting such damaging and misleading vlogs; secure and preserve all digital evidence related to the vlog, including metadata, upload details, and related activity logs,” ani Barbers.
Sinabi ni Barbers na bukas ang House QuadCommittee sa mga batikos subalit ang baluktutin ang katotohanan at siraan pa ang mga miyembro ng QuadCommittee ay hindi dapat palampasin.
“It is very obvious that these vloggers who want to destroy my name, my brother’s, and quadcom members are well-organized and paid. They said these are the paid groups tasked to spread lies. Maybe their employers, the Pogo operators and drug lords, are hurting because of the ongoing quadcom investigations,” dagdag pa ni Barbers.
Nagsumite din si Barbers ng ilang ebidensya sa NBI kabilang ang ilang malisyosong vlogs na inuugnay sya qt ang kapatid na si Surigao del Norte Gov. Lyndon Barbers sa illegal drugs.
“Once the identity of subjects and their respective vlogs have been established… Director Santiago should pursue appropriate criminal charges against the responsible party in accordance with the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012,” ani Barbers.
Ilan sa kasong posibleng kaharapin ng mga vloggers ay paglabag sa Libel (Art. 353 RPC), Sedition (Art. 139 RPC), Conspiracy to Commit Sedition (Art. 142 of RPC). Incriminating Innocent Person Act (Art. 363 RPC) at Intriguing Against Honor (Art. 364 RPC). Gail Mendoza
