Jordanians not terrorists — PNP

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said yesterday two Jordanians recently arrested for hacking into the systems of one of the biggest telecommunications firm in the country are not being treated as terrorist suspects.

Superintendent Jaime Caringal, chief of the PNP anti-terrorism Task Force Sanglahi, said brothers Mahmoud and Al Nuesir are not on the PNP list of suspected terrorists.

"There is no information linking them to any terror group. They are mere hackers and are to be deported for being illegal aliens," he said.

However, Senior Superintendent Danilo Florentino, head of the Eastern Police District-District Intelligence and Investigation Division, said his investigators have been coordinating with other government agencies to check on the personal background of the two Jordanians.

The EPD is also preparing possible charges against the two men for violation of the Electronic Commerce Law, which is punishable by imprisonment of four to six years.

"We are still preparing the papers for the filing of the charges with the Department of Justice," Florentino said.– Christina Mendez