MANILA, Philippines — A Zambales acting provincial prosecutor has dismissed the complaint of inciting to sedition that was refiled by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against public school teacher Ronnel Mas, who was arrested in 2020 over his social media post that offered a P50 million bounty to anyone who can kill President Rodrigo Duterte.
In a resolution dated Feb. 16, 2021, but was sent to reporters on Saturday, Acting Provincial Prosecutor Jose Theodoro Leonardo Santos dismissed the case for “lack of probable cause” after the NBI failed to secure a witness to prove that it was Mas who posted the tweet.
The prosecutor said the social media post was no…
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