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Deputy House Speaker Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol) proposed yesterday a heavier penalty for illegal wiretapping in the wake of reports that the Batasan office telephones of several opposition congressmen had been tapped.

In Bill 7599, Aumentado recommended that the penalty for illegal wiretapping be increased from six months to six years imprisonment, to six to 12 years, plus the accessory punishment of perpetual disqualification from public office.

He said the heavier penalty could deter government agents from eavesdropping on private communications.

"We must stress that [DatePublished] => 2000-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87373 [Title] => 'Our phones are bugged' [Summary] =>

Are bugs crawling out of the woodwork again?

Members of the opposition in the House of Representatives said yesterday that their phones are tapped and that government agents have been spying on them.

Deputy Minority Leader Sergio Apostol (Lakas, Leyte) told reporters that he and his colleagues disco-vered they were being spied on when their office telephones were checked for bugging devices two weeks ago.

He said they requested the help of Rep. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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Deputy House Speaker Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol) proposed yesterday a heavier penalty for illegal wiretapping in the wake of reports that the Batasan office telephones of several opposition congressmen had been tapped.

In Bill 7599, Aumentado recommended that the penalty for illegal wiretapping be increased from six months to six years imprisonment, to six to 12 years, plus the accessory punishment of perpetual disqualification from public office.

He said the heavier penalty could deter government agents from eavesdropping on private communications.

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Are bugs crawling out of the woodwork again?

Members of the opposition in the House of Representatives said yesterday that their phones are tapped and that government agents have been spying on them.

Deputy Minority Leader Sergio Apostol (Lakas, Leyte) told reporters that he and his colleagues disco-vered they were being spied on when their office telephones were checked for bugging devices two weeks ago.

He said they requested the help of Rep. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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