EMBATTLED WEBSITE DEVELOPER Rodel Jayme has pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting to sedition filed against him by the Department of Justice or DOJ for the spread the “Bikoy” videos implicating President Rodrigo Duterte and his family to the illegal drug trade, Jayme, who admitted creating webpages where the videos were posted, was arraigned before the Parañaque Regional Trial Court Branch 258.
He underwent inquest proceedings before the DOJ after the National Bureau of Investigation or NBI recommended charges of “inciting to sedition” against him. In its charge sheet filed before the inquest prosecutor, the NBI Task Force on Cybercrime Division under Senior Agent Francis Señora said Jayme violated Republic Act 10175 otherwise known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
Jayme had earlier been identified as the beneficiary in the Google ad sense account by a number of online personalities, and as the primary source of the video featuring “Bikoy”, an anonymous accuser who appears in the video criticizing the administration’s war on drugs and slandering the Duterte’s family, including his daughter.
The NBI, in its report to the inquest prosecutor, said its investigation showed the first uploader of the video was a YouTube account under the name of “Ang Totoong Narcolist” and was subsequently posted and shared by different social media sites namely: Pinoy Ako Blog, Change Scamming, Metro Balita, Madam Claudia and What the Fact Blog. (Benjamin Pulta)
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