Philippine Senate Aims at the Messenger
Stung by the Aug. 23 bus hijacking and hostage debacle that ended with eight Hong Kong tourists dead and the country’s reputation for violence and mayhem exposed internationally, Philippine politicians are turning up the heat on the media in a search for scapegoats.
On Tuesday, senators, led by one-time human rights campaigner Joker Arroyo, grilled execu…
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