The arrest of a student activist who disrupted President Benigno S. Aquino III during his Independence Day speech is not a deprivation of freedom of expression, Malacanang said on Saturday.

It can be recalled that 19-year-old student Emmanuel Mijares was arrested by Naga City police after making a sudden outburst which distracted the President during his speech at Plaza Quince Martires in Naga City on Independence Day.

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