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People vs. Chua Hiong

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. FEDERICO M. CHUA HIONG, defendant and appellant

No. 10413-R | 1954-10-20

[No. 10413-R. October 20, 1954]
 
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. FEDERICO M. CHUA HIONG, defendant and appellant
 
CRIMINAL LAW; LIBEL; PERSON LIBELLED JUSTIFIED TO HIT BACK WITH ANOTHER LIBEL. — Self-defense is man’s inborn right. In a physical assault, retaliation becomes unlawful after the attack has ceased because there would be no further harm to repel. But that is not the case when it is aimed at a person’s good name. Once the aspersion is cast its sting clings and the one thus defamed may avail himself of all the necessary means to shake it off. He may hit back with another libel...