The Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Task Force 211 will install a unit at the National Press Club (NPC) tasked mainly to investigate killing incidents involving members of the working press.
DOJ undersecretary and Task Force 211 commander Ricardo Blancaflor said the establishment of the unit is based on an agreement they have signed with NPC president Benny Antiporda.
Under the plan, the NPC will Task Force 211 will set up its unit which serves as the DOJ’s processing center for violence against the media complaints.
Blancaflor said the unit will also be tasked to determine whether the persons filing the complaint are bonafide members of the country’s working press or not.
The DOJ undersecretary also urged media practitioners to go beyond “death watch reporting” and “give attention to the reporting and monitoring of filing of charges and eventual promulgation of cases filed against perpetrators.” (PIA/Bohol)
