Manila, Oct. 27 -- Veteran journalist Philip Lustre, who was arrested after attending a news forum in Quezon City on Saturday, was denied due process when the subpoena for him was sent to the wrong address, Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon said Monday.

The 71-year-old Lustre, a staunch critic of the Duterte administration, is being sued for cyberlibel.

"I would have to agree with them that they were not given due process as they were not given the opportunity to answer," Fadullon said in a media interview.

Luster's lawyer, Dino de Leon, noted that the address on the warrant, issued by a Davao City court, was different from the one in the subpoena.

"I believe that there was some omission on the part of the prosecutor by not...