Bugging device found in former Philippine leader's telephone
(DPA)
3 May 2007
MANILA - Philippine telephone technicians have discovered a
wiretapping device attached to one of the telephone lines in the
house of former president Corazon Aquino, police said Thursday.
Senior Superintendent Magtanggol Gatdula said the device was
discovered Wednesday during a routine check on the telephone lines in
the area of Aquino's residence in Quezon City in metropolitan Manila.
Members of the Aquino household had complained about hearing static
sounds during telephone calls, prompting them to call phone
technicians to check their lines.
Gatdula said the wiretapping device was illegal and the police would
be investigating the case.
Aquino, who has become a major critic of President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo, said she had been used to her telephones being tapped since
her assassinated husband had been fighting deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
'I'm used to it,' she told reporters. 'We talk in codes so they don't
get a lot of information.'
Arroyo's son Benigno Aquino III is running for senator in mid-term
polls on May 14 under the opposition ticket.
The Aquinos have been joining calls for the resignation of Arroyo
over accusations that she rigged the 2004 presidential elections.
The former Philippine leader cautioned personalities in the
opposition to be careful of their telephone conversations since their
lines might also be bugged.
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