Who Is Afraid of the Naked Truth?

DAVAO CITY — On the day that Gemma Bagauaya of Newsbreak was arrested for libel, we were made to strip inside the Davao city jail in Maa just to visit a broadcaster behind bars. �What is our fault that we are made to strip like this?� asked Silya Lektrika, my woman companion, who was disgusted by the ordeal. �Are you only out to humiliate us?�

�Who is that prisoner you want to visit, anyway?� asked the inspecting woman cop who surprisingly didn�t even bother to look if a gun or shabu was hidden in my sanitary napkin. �What is his case?�

�He is a broadcaster. He is jailed for libel.�

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