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The Abu Sayyaf chieftain, who engineered the kidnapping of 21 mostly foreign hostages from a Malaysian resort island last April, wrote a letter to Aventajado last week saying he was willing to testify that neither Mr. Estrada nor his adviser had taken a cut off the ransom paid for the hostages’ release.


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Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon said this yesterday as he clarified that the Philippines can only file such protest against a foreign country or a government and not a private company such as Der Spiegel. 


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"We are in talks with the German police," PNP chief Director General Panfilo Lacson said in an interview over radio dzMM.


Mr. Estrada and Lacson said the political opposition may be behind the allegations published by the German magazine Der Spiegel.


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Der Spiegel  magazine reported that German secret police had tapped mobile phone conversations between top negotiator Roberto Aventajado and the Abu Sayyaf group via satellite. 


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The Abu Sayyaf chieftain, who engineered the kidnapping of 21 mostly foreign hostages from a Malaysian resort island last April, wrote a letter to Aventajado last week saying he was willing to testify that neither Mr. Estrada nor his adviser had taken a cut off the ransom paid for the hostages’ release.


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"We are in talks with the German police," PNP chief Director General Panfilo Lacson said in an interview over radio dzMM.


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Robot puts in a good word for Aventajado

December 24, 2000 - 12:00am

This time it’s Commander Robot, also known as Ghalib Andang, who’s taking up the cudgels for President Estrada and presidential adviser Robert Aventajado. The Abu Sayyaf chieftain, who engineered the kidnapping...

News Commentary

Siazon: No more protest vs Spiegel

By Aurea Calica | December 16, 2000 - 12:00am

There is no need for the Philippines to file a diplomatic protest against the German magazine Der Spiegel which accused President Estrada and one of his top advisers of pocketing ransom money during the Abu Sayyaf...

Headlines

Lacson to German cops: Disown raps

December 13, 2000 - 12:00am

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has asked its German counterpart to officially deny allegations that President Estrada and presidential adviser Robert Aventajado took a cut from ransom money paid for Western...

Headlines

Estrada suing German magazine for libel

By Marichu A. Villanueva | December 12, 2000 - 12:00am

President Estrada is contemplating libel charges against a German magazine for reporting that he and his aide pocketed millions of dollars paid to release Westerners held by the Abu Sayyaf earlier this year. Der...

Headlines

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