Journalists face arrest in the Philippines if security forces believe they are guilty of obstructing them when carrying out anti-coup operations. That warning was given to media executives by the interior minister, Ronald Puno, after police arrested 17 journalists who were reporting on an attempted coup by dissident military officers two weeks ago. According to the International Federation of Journalists, the detention of journalists was designed to intimidate them into less aggressive reporting of political events. (Via AsiaMedia)
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