TV host seeks PNP help on sex video

MANILA, Philippines - Television host Paolo Bediones sought the assistance of the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) to go after and prosecute people who uploaded his sex video on the Internet in an attempt to blackmail him.

Bediones visited the office of the ACG at Camp Crame on Thursday and formally lodged a case for violation of Republic Act 9995 or the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009.

Under RA 9995, uploading a sex video is punishable with three to seven years imprisonment or a fine of P100,000 to P500,000.

Chief Inspector Jay Guillermo, head of the ACG Intelligence and Investigation Unit, said Bediones brought a copy of one of the two letters sent to him purportedly by the person behind the uploading of the six-minute, 44-second video.

Guillermo said the supposed blackmailer wrote a cell phone number Bediones was suppose to call if he did not want the videos to be uploaded.

“Investigators are checking the links of the uploaded videos on the Internet to trace the ones who uploaded it and make them liable for their acts,” he said.

According to Guillermo, the private video was five years old and was supposedly stored in the host’s laptop. However, the laptop malfunctioned, prompting him to bring it to a technician for repair.

Three months after the laptop was repaired, Bediones said he received two letters on separate occasions.