Army major assaults Bicol journalist – NUJP – Interaksyon.com.

MANILA, Philippines – An Army major allegedly assaulted a journalist in Camarines Sur province who had requested soldiers who were blocking a road while doing their exercises to give way to traffic, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines reported Thursday.

An alert issued by the media organization said Arnel Eclarinal, a news producer for GMA TV7-Naga was on a motorcycle with a cousin when they came across troops of the 9th Infantry Division who were occupying both lanes of the road while jogging in Barangay Caroyroyan, Pili town.

When Eclarinal asked some of the soldiers to occupy only one lane of the road so traffic could pass, one of the troops reportedly swore at him and said he and other motorists should wait until they were done.

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