BAGUIO CITY -- The
Presidential Task Force on Media Security condemned the killing of Albay radio
broadcaster Joey Llana, who was shot as he was driving his car along Barangay
Peñafrancia, Daraga town on July 20.
In a statement,
the PTFoMS said that while reports "remain sketchy at this point,"
Task Force Executive Director and Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco has ordered an
immediate investigation and is already coordinating with the Provincial
Investigation and Detective Management Division of Police Regional Office 5
(Bicol).
Egco, who was in
Baguio City spearheading a seminar on media security, reiterated the call for
members of the media to report threats to them.
"At the first
sign of trouble, death threats, isumbong na agad sa amin (report to
us immediately),” he said.
Llana, 38, was on
his way to Legazpi City for his radio program at 92.3 FM Home Radio Legazpi
when he was ambushed.
Egco said according to
Llana's relatives, the mediaman had been receiving death threats in the past,
but never reported them to authorities.
“Paggising ko po ang
nakita kong message sa cellphone ko ang pagkapatay sa isang kasamang media sa
Albay. Nakakalungkot po. Ito po ang dahilan kung bakit napaka importante na
malaman ang mga protocol ng media security (When I woke up this morning, I
read a message on my phone about the death of another mediaman in Albay. This
saddens me. This is the reason why it is very important that we should know the
protocols on media security)," he said.
"Apparently, hindi
alam ng victim ang protocols natin (the victim did not know our
protocols)," he added.
The PTFoMS, he said, has
been going around the country to hold media security seminars to discuss not
only the role of police and legal experts in protecting and handling cases of
media practitioners, but on how to professionalize the ranks of the media.
The task force has
already conducted seminar-trainings in Central Luzon, Calabarzon and the
National Capital Region.
Stakeholders from the
Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera regions joined last week’s event.
The PTFoMS was formed
through Administrative Order 1 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte in October
2016. -- PNA
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