1. the dummy accounts are spotted mere days after mass protests against a controversial (to say the least) Anti-Terror Bill was passed, only awaiting the president's signature for it to become law.
2. said bill allows law-enforcement to arrest and detain people on mere suspicion of being involved in vaguely-defined "terrorist activities".
Note: "tanim ebidensiya" roughly translates to "planted evidence". Also noteworthy is that a few days ago the UN released a report on Rodrigo Duterte's bloody and controversial drug war, revealing that the same evidence (a gun) was found in multiple cases where a drug suspect was killed. This "evidence" that the suspect carried a gun is used to bolster a self-defense narrative the cops use to rationalize the outcome of their operation.
1. the dummy accounts are spotted mere days after mass protests against a controversial (to say the least) Anti-Terror Bill was passed, only awaiting the president's signature for it to become law.
2. said bill allows law-enforcement to arrest and detain people on mere suspicion of being involved in vaguely-defined "terrorist activities".
Here's a supplementary article: https://www.rappler.com/nation/263156-lawmakers-fear-fake-fa...
Note: "tanim ebidensiya" roughly translates to "planted evidence". Also noteworthy is that a few days ago the UN released a report on Rodrigo Duterte's bloody and controversial drug war, revealing that the same evidence (a gun) was found in multiple cases where a drug suspect was killed. This "evidence" that the suspect carried a gun is used to bolster a self-defense narrative the cops use to rationalize the outcome of their operation.