Philippines - Lacson tags ISAFP in wiretapping of Cory house
Opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson accused the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) yesterday of tapping the home phone of former President Corazon Aquino.
"I just got information from my mole in ISAFP. It’s them," Lacson, who was Philippine National Police (PNP) chief during the Estrada administration, told reporters.
Military intelligence officers have denied that their agency was the culprit, saying the electronic surveillance was so crude it could not have been their work.
Malacañang also denied it was behind the tapping of Mrs. Aquino’s phone in her house on Times Street in Quezon City.
Lacson said aside from the information he received from his source, he based his conclusion on the kind of wiretapping equipment discovered at a phone junction box near the former president’s residence.
"These are the old equipment we turned over to ISAFP. I am surprised that up to now, they are using them. But when we were using the equipment, we were covered by court orders. We used them only in KFR (kidnap-for-ransom) cases," he said. (more)
