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Journalist says arrest, libel case a ‘special operation’
Veteran journalist Philip Lustre Jr. said his arrest over the weekend had a procedural flaw and was an operation that specifically targeted him. The arrest has led lawyers to warn that it could create a climate of fear among the press as they called anew to decriminalize libel. “It was definitely a special operation ag
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