Maria Ressa 

arrested at 
airport, slams 
'travesty of 
justice' 
ABS-CBN News 
Posted at Mar 29 2019 07:19 AM | Updated as of Mar 29 2019 08:06 AM 

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Photo from Rappler 

MANILA - Rappler chief Maria Ressa was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, early

Friday after a court issued an arrest warrant in connection with her alleged violation of the

Anti-Dummy Law.

BREAKING: Rappler CEO Maria Ressa served arrest warrant at NAIA. Video from Raoul Esperas
pic.twitter.com/yKHstfFGfW

— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) ​March 28, 2019

Two female police officials served the warrant to Ressa after she landed at the country's main

gateway at around 7 a.m.

"Will they actually arrest me again?! @rapplerdotcom this is insane. Such violations of the Bill of

Rights and the PH Constitution," Ressa said in a tweet shortly after she was confronted by the police.
Ressa also posted a photo of her riding a vehicle and is being transported to Pasig Regional Trial

Court Branch 265, according to a another tweet.

Seriously?!?! Imagine the tax pesos wasted. ​#HOLDTHELINE​ ​pic.twitter.com/Vwh9tT8LLD

— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) ​March 28, 2019

The Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 265 issued the warrant, Thursday, a day before Ressa

returned from her San Francisco trip.

"It's kind of interesting, I have 9 policemen escorting me along with my trusty lawyer," Ressa told

ANC's Early Edition.

"This is a travesty of justice. I have done nothing wrong. I am not a criminal. I am treat[ed] like a

criminal," she said.

The case stemmed from a National Bureau of Investigation complaint related to the issuance of

Philippine Depositary Receipts to Omidyar Network, an Indonesian company that invested in the

online news website.

"Coming home to confront yet another ridiculous criminal case. I didn’t expect the PH government to

make my joke about collecting arrest warrants a reality. This will be my 7th. For being a journalist.

All these acts violating the Bill of Rights will be remembered," the Rappler chief said in tweet before

flying back to Manila.

Ressa is also facing a libel complaint over several reports that exposed a supposed labor conflict

within the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in 2017.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue is also reviewing Rappler's tax records for possible deficiencies.

​ n earlier version of this story mentioned that Ressa was arrested Friday over a tax
Editor's note: A

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From Che 
Guevara to age 
of viral: Leica, 
Huawei bring 
 photo hardware 
to smartphones 
Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News 
Posted at Mar 29 2019 07:00 AM 

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The quad camera setup on Huawei's P30 Pro, co-engineered with Leica, is shown in this photo. ​Joel 
Guinto, ABS-CBN News 

a. WETZLAR, Germany -- A replica of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara's black and white

portrait, taken with a Leica camera, is displayed at the lens maker's headquarters here, alongside

other black and white images that went viral around the world before the smartphone er

Guevara's portrait, showing the Argentine with a black beret and unkempt hair, shares space on giant

wave-shaped white walls with photos of Muhammad Ali punching to the camera and James Dean

strolling in New York.

Established as a luxury brand, the Leica name is going mainstream with its partnership with Huawei

while the Chinese smartphone maker makes a case for its P series as the best mobile camera in the

market.
Leica Co-engineers the cameras on Huawei's P and Mate series of premium phones. The P30 Pro,

launched in Paris on March 26, is equipped with quad sensors for low-light and ultra-zoom

capabilities that can capture the night sky and the lunar surface.

"The smartphone is a good tool for the consumer to exhaust their imagination. You can capture

anything with your smartphone, anywhere, anytime," said Changzhu Li vice president for

smartphone product line at Huawei Consumer businesses group.

"Users, they take pictures and also they want to get better quality they want to get more life they

want to improve their skills," he said.

● Huawei debuts P30 series smartphones, shoots for the moon

South Korea 
spycam crimes 
put hidden 
camera 
 industry under 
scrutiny 
Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse 
Posted at Mar 29 2019 05:50 AM 

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A police officer demonstrate a subminiature spycam installed inside a wall, which is used to film guests 
illicitly at a motel, in Seoul, South Korea, March 20, 2019. ​Yonhap via Reuters 

SEOUL - Shin Jang-jin's shop in Incheon offers seemingly innocuous household items, from pens

and lighters to watches and smoke detectors, but with a secret feature -- a hidden one

millimeter-wide-lens that can shoot video.

Over the past decade, Shin has sold thousands of gadgets. But his industry is coming under pressure

as ultra-wired South Korea battles a growing epidemic of so-called "molka", or spycam videos --

mostly of women, secretly filmed by men in public places.

Shin insists his gadgets serve a useful purpose, allowing people to capture evidence of domestic

violence or child abuse, and told AFP he has refused to serve customers looking to spy on women in

toilets.

"They thought I would understand them as a fellow man. I turned them away."
But the 52-year-old admits he is not always able to spot unscrupulous buyers.

In 2015, he was questioned by police after one of his products -- a camera installed inside a mobile

phone cover -- was used to secretly film women in a dressing room at a water park outside Seoul.

He had sold the device to a female customer and said he had no idea she would use it to film and

distribute illicit footage online.

Under current regulations, spycam buyers are not required to give personal information, making it

difficult to trace their ownership and use of the devices.

But some lawmakers are hoping to change that, co-sponsoring a bill in August that requires hidden

camera buyers to register with a government database, raising alarm among retailers like Shin.

CRIME SURGE

Spycam crimes have become so prevalent that female police officers now regularly inspect public

toilets to check for cameras in women's stalls.

In one case, offenders had live-streamed footage of around 800 couples having sex -- filmed in hotel

rooms using cameras installed inside hairdryer holders, wall sockets, and digital TV boxes.

As well as secretly filming women in schools, toilets, and offices, "revenge porn" -- private sex

videos filmed and shared without permission by disgruntled ex-boyfriends, ex-husbands, or

malicious acquaintances -- is believed to be equally widespread.

In a burgeoning scandal that has shaken South Korea's entertainment industry, K-pop star Jung

Joon-young was arrested this month on charges of filming and distributing illicit sex videos without

the consent of his female partners.

The number of spycam crimes reported to police surged from around 2,400 in 2012 to nearly 6,500 in

2017.
According to official statistics about 98 percent of convicted offenders are men -- ranging from

school teachers and college professors to church pastors and police officers -- while more than 80

percent of victims are women.

MALICIOUS INTENTIONS

"I turn customers away when it isn't clear why and what they want hidden cameras for," Lee

Seung-yon, who customizes spycam gadgets in Seoul, told AFP.

But he admitted his approach was no guarantee against crimes.

With the bill currently under consideration by a parliamentary committee, gadget retailers like Shin

fear it will turn away potential customers.

"More than 90 percent of spycam porn crimes are due to mobile phones, not specialized items," he

said, adding that any crackdown on the gadgets was akin to blaming knife makers for knife-related

murders.

While there is no official data to support Shin's claim, a police official told AFP that "most" spycam

footage is taken using smartphones.

But women's rights activists say the claim is "misleading," citing numerous cases involving

customized cameras.

Furthermore, they argue that since smartphones sold in the South are required to make a loud shutter

noise when taking pictures -- a measure put in place to combat spycam crimes -- many offenders

deploy high-tech devices or use special apps that mute the sound to secretly film victims.

"Victims in most spycam crimes realize they were filmed only after illicit footage had been shared

online whereas crimes involving mobile phones are much easier to catch in the first place," said Lee

Hyo-rin of the Korea Cyber Sexual Violence Response Center.

 "The solo purpose of these gadgets is to deceive others," she told AFP.

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