Philippine authorities must launch a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of veteran journalist and publisher Juan “Johnny” Dayang, who was shot dead in his home on Tuesday evening, April 29, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
“The fatal shooting of Juan Dayang, one of the Philippines’ most prominent news publishers, shows that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s government hasn’t done enough to stop the killers of journalists,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative. “Authorities must leave no stone unturned in identifying his killers, uncovering their motive, and bringing them to justice.”
Dayang was the publisher of the local Philippines Graphic magazine in the 1990s and of the now defunct Headline Manila daily newspaper and headed the Publishers Association of the Philippines Incorporated for two decades.
