Ex-DA chief's cyberlibel indictment not persecution—PPI
Planters Products Inc. (PPI) has stated that the indictment of former Agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor for cyberlibel is not a case of persecution, refuting his allegations that the company is a government-owned entity involved in questionable rice importation.
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