Philippines
Broadcaster injured in attackPosted Oct 20 2007
Radio commentator Jose Cagalawan Pantoja was shot on Oct. 8 in Iligan City, in the southern province of Lanao del Norte.
According to Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pantoja was shot while accompanying his daughter to school. He was shot three times in the stomach and rushed to hospital. Police said he was in a critical condition.
Pantoja works at the dxLs Love Radio and has criticized local officials accused of corruption or misrule. He used to be one of the spokesmen of the congressional campaign of former Lanao del Norte governor, Imelda Dimaporo. Pantoja made an unsuccessful run for a council seat in Iligan last May.
On Oct. 12, Reporters Without Borders called on the government and provincial authorities to order an exhaustive investigation.
The National Union of Journalist of the Philippines http://www.nujp.org/ condemned Pantoja’s shooting. He was the ninth journalist this year to suffer a violent attack in the country, it said.