Pro-Duterte vloggers targetted at TriComm hearings. (file)

The House Tri Committee (TriComm) cited in contempt four pro-Duterte Vloggers for refusing to answer summons without legal excuse.

Abang Lingkod party-list Rep. Stephen Paduano moved to cite Sass Sasot, Jeffrey Celiz, Lorraine Badoy, and Mark Lopez in contempt, which also carried a detention order.

The joint committee unanimously approved the motion.

Sasot, Celiz and Badoy was cited in contempt with detention for refusing to answer summons without legal excuse

While Lopez was cited in contempt over alleged undue interference after he criticized the ongoing House inquiry after he was made to apologize for his false social media posts.

The House Tri Committee (TriComm) is conducting a hearing in aid of legislation into the spread of fake news online has cited four individuals in contempt over their repeated failure to show up in the congressional inquiry on the proliferation of false information online.

Sasot, Celiz, and Badoy have all been ordered detained in Batasang Pambansa premises until the House TriComm ends the inquiry, while Lopez has been ordered detained also in Batasang Pambansa premises for 10 days.