A brave face: Cumpio waving as she arrives at Tacloban Regional Trial Court in Leyte island. — AFP
A young journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing in a case rights groups and a UN expert labelled a “travesty of justice”.
Community journalist and radio broadcaster Frenchie Cumpio, 26, is the first Filipina journalist to be prosecuted under the terror financing laws, which defence lawyer Julianne Agpalo said have become the government’s “weapon of choice” for silencing dissent.
