Journalists reported unannounced police visits

Description

Police officers, both in uniform and in civilian clothing, have made unannounced visits to houses and offices of several journalists that made them feel threatened. PNP has since apologized and justified it as well-intentioned effort to provide security to media workers.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
4
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Male
Country
NCR – National Capital Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Philippine National Police - National Capital Region
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Physical Intimidation