BROADCASTER ARRESTED IN DIPOLOG CITY FOR LIBEL

A CERTAIN RODOLFO TANGKIS AKA MAX BOND, A BROADCASTER/COMMENTATOR OF THE EARLY MORNING POLITICAL PAID RADIO SHOW OF DXFL 88.9 IN DIPOLOG CITY, WAS ARRESTED, 7 AM, INSIDE HIS BOOTH WHILE BROADCASTING, MAY 3, 2013 FOR ALLEGED LIBEL CASE AGAINST A CERTAIN COL. REYNALDO M. MACLANG OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE PROVINCIAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMPANY.

PRIOR TO THE ARREST, MR. TANGKIS WAS HEARD OVER THE RADIO FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BLATANTLY ACCUSING COL. MACLANG OF PERSONALLY KILLING PEOPLE  IN DIPOLOG CITY AND DISTRICT 2 OF THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE WHICH NOW STANDS AT 24 ( ACCORDING TO VICE GOVERNOR FRANCIS OLVIS OF ZAMOANGA DEL NORTE).

COL. MACLANG, WHILE ON HIS CONVOY, HEARD THE ACCUSATIONS AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO HIS DESIGNATED AREA OF ASSIGNMENT, WENT TO THE RADIO STATION LOCATED AT RIZAL AVENUE IN DIPOLOG CITY AND ENTERED THE STATION AND FOUND MR. TANGKIS SPEAKING OVER THE MICROPHONE INSIDE THE BROADCASTER'S BOOTH. 

COL. MACLANG, APPROACHED THE SAID BOOTH AND ENTERED, ACCORDING TO SOME EYE WITNESSES, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO WAS HEARD OVER THE AIRWAVES.

COL. MACLANG ASKED MR. TANGKIS IF HE HAS EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE KILLINGS OF THOSE PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO HIM (MACLANG). MR. TANGKIS, DOES NOT HAVE ANY.FROM THERE, MACLANG WAS HEARD SAYING, TAPUSIN MO NA AT DADAKPIN NA KITA, REFERRING TO HIS RADIO SHOW. WITH OUT A WARRANT, MR TANGKIS WAS DETAINED AT THE DIPOLOG CITY POLICE STATION OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND FOR DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY THE FISCAL.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ARREST, THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, RUSHED TO THE STATION, CALLING THE PEOPLE TO RALLY BEHIND MR. TANGKIS OF THE ALLEGED CURTAILMENT OF THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

THE GOVERNOR SAID, THAT THE ARREST IS INVALID BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARRANT OF ARREST DULY SIGNED BY A JUDGE. 

MR. TANGKIS IS STILL IN PRISON FOR SATURDAY AND SUDAY IS OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS.