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                    [ArticleID] => 372958
                    [Title] => Lawyer: Bugged conversations could not be used as evidence
                    [Summary] => 

The announcement of Rep. Antonio Cuenco that they have already identified the local contacts of the Australian drug syndicate through the wiretapped conversations obtained by the Australian federal agents raised a question whether this could be used as evidence to locally prosecute them.


Under the Republic Act 4200, or the Anti-Wire Tapping Law, bugging telephone conversations is not allowed and punishable unless there is prior permission from the court.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372567 [Title] => Australian cops name politico, 4 others in case [Summary] => A politician and four businessmen have been identified as the alleged local contacts of an Australia-based syndicate responsible for the smuggling of P3.6 billion worth of pseudoephedrine from China two years ago.

Cebu City South District Rep. Antonio Cuenco, vice chairman of the House committee on dangerous drugs, said that the politician and the businessmen facilitated the release of the illegal shipment at the Bureau of Customs and arranged a warehouse where the drug precursor will be stored while waiting for it to be transported to Australia.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096948 [AuthorName] => Fred Languido [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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