PHNO-PNoy: NOY, ROBREDO GO NUTS OVER KIDNAPPED JORDANIAN JOURNALIST, WANT HIM DEPORTE

NOY, ROBREDO GO NUTS OVER KIDNAPPED JORDANIAN
JOURNALIST, WANT HIM DEPORTED

[PHOTO -
Jordanian journalist shooted documentary about Abu Sayyaf:It was reported
that Jesse Robredo, the Interior and Local Government Secretary said that
Department of Justice and the Bureau of Immigration should ban Baker Abdulla
Atyani, the Jordanian journalist from returning to the country once he surfaced.
Robredo claimed that Atyani did not disclose his plans to interview Abu Sayyaf
terrorists in Mindanao with his two Filipino crew members.FROM World News Asia
http://www.oyetimes.com/ ]

[PHOTO - In this photo taken on June 11, 2012, Baker
Abdulah Atyani, poses by the sea wall in Jolo, the capital of the island
province of Sulu during his taping of his story of the island, a hotbed of
Muslim militants.(AP)]
MANILA,
JUNE 22, 2012 (TRIBUNE) Written by Fernan J. Angeles - Malacañang ruled out any rescue
plans for the Jordanian journalist who was first reported as abducted along with
two Filipino companions as his TV crewmen, saying the government knows exactly
where he is amid suspicion that the foreign newsman is merely using media work
as passport in his agenda outside being a journalist.

The government is
also seriously considering forcible deportation and possibly blacklisting
Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani, on whom the government had attri-buted a lot
of trouble it had gotten into.

Interior and Local Government Secretary
Jesse Robredo admitted in an ambush interview with Palace reporters that the
government hasn't made any effort in locating and rescuing Atyani of the
Dubai-based Al Arabiya news network, because there isn't anyone (apparently
referring to Atyani himself) asking for it.

An irate Robredo said he will
personally recommend the Jordanian to be included in the blacklisted roster over
what seemed to him as direct deception on the Philippine government.

He
said that a recommendation to the Department of Justice and the Bureau of
Immigration would have been submitted a few days after Atyani
re-surfaces.

"We're not looking for him because we know where he is. He
is somewhere in Patikul, Sulu. Had we been asked for help, then we would have
acted accordingly. But as it is, there isn't any. In fact, Atyani in one of the
conversations he had with Gov. Tan, even took responsibility over his two
Filipino crewmen", Robredo said when asked what was keeping the government from
sending help to locate and safely bring back the foreign newsman and his two
Filipino crewmen who were last seen Tuesday last week at the hotel where he
stayed.

He added that the three-man news team whom he claims to be in the
custody of the ASG, are safe — "They're not being harmed. They're not being
threatened".

But even after getting an update which indicated the
Atyani's Filipino news crew being safe, Robredo still expressed concern over the
two local media workers in captivity.

"I believe it's just one media man
interviewing someone taking his sweet time. If he wanted to stay longer, he
should have thought about his two Filipino companions who took the risk of
coming with him in a place known to be home of hostile bandits. They're just
after work. These men shouldn't have been made to stay, and that's what makes me
more worried, aside from them being Bicolanos like me," he said.

Robredo
claims that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is awaiting any sign of
distress from the group for police units to start mapping out rescue plans but,
thus far, there hasn't been any.

"More important to us is Atyani's two
Filipino companions. We are trying hard to establish contact with them. Without
going to the details of it, there is already an initial communication with them
that's why I'm definite that they are safe, they are not threatened. My
impression is the Jordanian journalist is taking responsibility for the two of
them", Robredo said, adding that Atyani is simply taking his sweet time in the
company of the outlawed Abu Sayaff group somewhere in Patikul town in Sulu.
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The DILG chief also said that Atyani, known for his many exploits of
managing to get through the biggest terrorist organizations in the world for an
interview with its leader, has been in constant contact with Sulu Governor Tan,
who in turn informs them of the developments in his locality in
Mindanao.

Atyani, Robredo added, seemed to have developed a "closeness"
with the ASG leaders with whom he has had countless interviews since year 2000.
The Jordanian newsman is working as an international correspondent for a
Dubai-based television news network.

When asked for the grounds, he
categorically pointed at what he referred to as an "element of deception" when
he didn't tell local authorities that he and his team were planning to meet the
bandit group.

He also called on Atyani to re-surface along with his crew
members — camera operator Ramelito Vela, 39, and audio operator Rolando Letrero,
22, — who have been missing since June 12 when they supposedly met the Abu
Sayyaf for an interview.
On Tuesday, Sulu police provincial director Senior
Superintendent Antonio Freyra said they suspect that Atyani could be working as
a "conduit" for the al Qaeda terror network.

Freyra said Atyani has been
in the country around three or four times before.

The Palace is
also not amenable to a prolonged stay of the Jordanian in the country.


President Aquino echoed Robredo in charging Atyani as deceiving the
government. An irate President likewise said that he would personally want to
hear whatever Atyani has to say on why he misled authorities whom he didn't
disclose of plans to see ASG for an interview.

"He should explain and
asked on what he's been doing. Get to the bottom as to the logic of his dealings
with the ASG, in a sense —let me just be clear on why is he in touch with a
terrorist force in the country and purposely misleading government authorities
trying to secure him. That has to be addressed," Aquino told reporters after
attending the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Convention on Local
Governance.

More than non-disclosure, Aquino said that the act (which
constitutes being undesirably ungrateful to the hospital Filipino host)
endangered the lives of his Filipino crew.

"The safety especially of his
crew might have been —by force of their employment—put into the situation na
uncertain… We have to make sure that they are all safe," he said.

Aquino
allayed fears of the local journalists adding that every step in getting the
Jordanian national out of the Philippines for good, will have to be done through
the proper method.

"Atyani did not behave as a guest of the country
should", the Malacañang chief executive went on to aver.

"At the end of
the day, this guy has to actually address the issues of why he has put so many
people in danger and put the country's reputation in danger. He has not behaved
as a guest of the country should, seemingly. But of course, we will wait for the
proper investigation," he added.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, however
said that Aytani has committed no crime, and cannot be charged or deported.
FROM GULF NEWS
Manila journalist arranged Atyani's interviews By
Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau Chief Published: 13:38 June 20, 2012

[PHOTO - Missing Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani (L) of the Al
Arabiya news network shakes hands with Governor Sakur Tan as he arrived in Jolo,
Sulu island, southern Philippines June 11, 2012. Atyani and his 2 filipino crew
went missing in a restive southern island, where al-Qaeda linked Islamist
milatants are actively operating, but police are still checking whether they are
abducted. Picture taken June 11, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
(PHILIPPINES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MEDIA)]
Asia bureau chief of Dubai-based Al Arabiya news channel Atyani is missing
since June 12
Manila: A Manila-based Muslim journalist has arranged the schedule of
interviews for missing Jordanian broadcast journalist Baker Atyani, the Asia
bureau chief of Dubai-based Al Arabiya news channel, who was been reported
missing since June 12.
Julmunir Jannaral, a correspondent of Manila Times, a daily broadsheet in
English, said that on May 16, Bing Formento, formerly of Philippine daily
Inquirer and now with DZRH, a radio station, sent him a text message saying that
Perry Pimentel of Broadcast City and SFX Production would get in touch with him
about arranging interview with Muslim leaders in Manila and in Sulu, in the
southern Philippines.
"On May 17, Joyce Reyes [of SFX Production] sent me [a text] message about
contacting Muslim leaders to be interviewed by foreign journalist Bakr Atyani.
The south and east Asia bureau chief of Al Arabiya News Channel based in Dubai,"
said Jannaral.
When Atyani arrived in Manila on June 4, he had a full schedule, said
Jannaral.


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