Ressa, who also has a US passport, insisted she would never leave the country to avoid prosecution. - AFP
MANILA (AFP): Nobel laureate Maria Ressa told AFP she keeps a prison "go bag", bundles of cash for bail, and runs simulations of police raids with her staff as she fights for press freedom in the Philippines.
The Rappler editor won acquittal of four tax-dodging charges on Wednesday (Jan 18), but said she's prepared for the worst with three separate cases outstanding that could see her go to jail or her online news outfit shuttered.
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