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Amado "Jake" Macasaet, publisher of Malaya newspaper, on Monday defended himself from being slapped with indirect contempt by the Supreme Court. This, after Macasaet wrote in his column last month that an unnamed lady justice fired her secretary after the latter found out about the magistrate’s alleged P10-million payoff inside five gift boxes.

In a 28-page explanation to the high court, Macasaet said that he wrote his column “to call for an investigation" on the alleged payoff and help “preserve the integrity of the Honorable Court and the administration of justice."

On September 25, the high court ordered Macasaet to explain why he should not be cited for indirect contempt after he wrote about the lady justice in his column published in Malaya from September 18 to 21.

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