In a statement, Pinoy Weekly editor-in-chief Kenneth Roland A. Guda said the magazine and its publisher, PinoyMedia Center, Inc."condemn in the strongest terms the illegal seizure of thousands of print magazine copies of our publication from the local office of urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap in Villa Lois public housing in Pandi, Bulacan."
"Members of Kadamay asked for a search warrant from the cops. PCpt Jun Alejandrino, the Pandi police chief who headed the raid, said the magazines were 'illegal' and that they should give up the copies or else 'may mangyayari' [something will happen]," the statement said. "Seizing these copies without warrant or seizure order may constitute robbery. What PCpt Alejandrino and his men did was illegal... Either the police chief is ignorant of the constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of the press and freedom of expression, or he chooses to trample upon it. Either way, he and his men are committing a crime," Guda said in the statement.
"It is totally ludicrous for the police to justify what, to our mind, constitutes armed robbery by claiming, falsely, that Pinoy Weekly is illegal and teaches people to fight the government... Pinoy Weekly is a perfectly legal and legitimate news organization, just as are all the outfits that belong to the alternative media," they said.
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