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Vlogger twits House, won’t attend probe
The House Tri Committee has cited four pro-Duterte vloggers in contempt for repeatedly snubbing its hearings on the spread of false information on social media.
Vloggers Lorraine Badoy-Partosa, Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz, Allan Troy "Sass" Rogando Sasot, and Mark Lopez are facing arrest.
They were cited for contempt after refusing to answer summonses without legal excuse and, in Lopez's case, for allegedly maligning the panel in a social media post.
Sasot, who is reportedly in Beijing, taunted lawmakers on Facebook, calling them "very corrupt" and referring to the committee as a "kangaroo court."
Badoy is reportedly in Hong Kong, while the whereabouts of Celiz are unknown.
Rep. Stephen Paduano moved to cite the four vloggers in contempt for violating tri-committee rules.
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Vloggers Sass Rogando Sasot, Lorraine Badoy, and Jeffrey Celiz were cited in contempt by the House of Representatives Tri-Committee for repeatedly failing to attend hearings on digital disinformation despite being subpoenaed.
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