Journalists condemn harassment of reporter at campaign coverage

Supporters of Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte gather at a sortie in Quezon City where a journalist was harassed during coverage on April 13, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:22 p.m.) — Campaign staff of former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. shoved aside a journalist attempting to interview the presidential candidate after a rally in Quezon City last Wednesday, during which she was also red-tagged by an anonymous Twitter user.

Marcos’ security staff blocked reporter Lian Buan from getting close to the presidential candidate. Then, one of his media relations officers, identified by the news outlet as Krizza Mendizabal, shoved the journalist’s wrist and kept putting down her smartphone, which she was using to shoot video.

Buan was then pushed by security personnel onto the scaffolding, which made her exclaim, “Aray! Ang sakit!”

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