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Friday, May 29, 2009

Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Scandal, — Highlights of Dr. Vicki Belo's Statement Read by Atty. Tamano at Senate Hearing, May 28

29 May 2009

Here's the highlights of the affidavit of Dra. Vicki Belo that was read by Atty. Adel Tamano during the Senate hearing on the Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili sex videos scandal.  

The report is by Joseph Morong of 24 Oras, courtesy of GMAnews.tv:


More on this when I return.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Live Blog of Senate Hearing, Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Video Scandal May 28, 2009

LIVE BLOG 
28 May 2009   3:05pm

The Senate hearing on the Hayden Kho sex videos scandal, for want of a better term, has been on the air over ANC for about half an hour now.

3:04pm Senators Estrada and Revilla decide to hold a public hearing. As Chair, Senator Madrigal said he has to honor the decision of the majority.

3:07pm There is now an ongoing argument between Senator Jinggoy Estrada and Atty. Lorna Kapunan as to who is making a threat.  Atty. Lorna Kapunan had been quoted by Senator Madrigal earlier that they would walk out if the hearing is not done in executive session.  Atty. Kapunan said she was not making a threat and that it was Senator Jinggoy Estrada who was making a threat.

3:08pm "I never threatened anybody.  Did I threaten you personally?" Senator Jinggoy asks Atty. Lorna Kapunan.

3:09pm "I demand the presence of Atty. Kho in this hearing," says Senator Jinggoy.  Applause from the audience.  Senator Jinggoy Estrada asks that the Senate sergeant-at-arms "bring the body of Hayden Kho to the session."

3:13pm Atty. Kapunan apologizes to Senator Jinggoy Estrada.

3:15pm Atty. Kapunan asks for a two-minute leave to confer with her client, Dr. Hayden Kho. Senator Madrigal gives assurance that the rights of Dr. Hayden Kho will be fully respected by the committee.

3:16pm Senator Jinggoy Estrada accepts the apology of Atty. Kapunan.

3:18pm Senator Bong Revilla is now delivering his opening statement. The statement is strong asking for punishment for those responsible for the abuses on women and refers to Hayden Kho by name.

3:22pm Senator Madrigal speaking ...

3:22pm DSWD representative speaking ... commends the Madrigal committee for its work in protecting the rights of women and children.

3:23pm Commissioner Cardona of the Commission on Human Rights now speaking ... commends Katrina Halili for her courage.  

3:26pm  Commissioner Timoteo speaking ... 

3:28pm  Senator Madrigal says something about her Committee having heard every bill ...

3:29pm Hayden Kho wearing a white long-sleeves shirt, enters the session hall and sits beside his lawyer, Atty. Lorna Kapunan.  He looks relaxed and composed.

3:30pm A PNP official is speaking ...

3:31pm  Senator Madrigal says the Senate has passed the law on cybercrime while Congress which is more interested with Cha-Cha has not done so after six months.  She implores the Congress to pass the bill.

3:32pm  NBI Director Mantaring now speaking. Director Mantaring informs the Committee that the NBI expects to finish its investigation by "next week."

3:34pm  Atty. Rosendo Meneses of the OMB now speaking ... 

3:35pm  Senator Madrigal tells Atty. Meneses that "we are not here to be lectured."  She then asks what the OMB has to say, "Paano nakalusot sa inyo 'to?  Pa'no na-distribute nang hindi ninyo nalaman."

3:36pm  Atty. Meneses 

3:36pm  "Have you confiscated all the discs of this video?" Senator Madrigal.  "Yes," answers Atty. Meneses.

3:37pm  ASEC Santiago of PDEA now speaking.  Assures the Committee of PDEA's full coooperation.

3:38pm  Katrina Halili, wearing a green T-shirt and looking distraught, enters the room.

3:38pm  A shout and then, "Arrest that man!" Somebody wearing a red shirt was taken by Senate guards out of the room apparently for dousing water over.

3:40pm  The man has been identified by Gen. Balajadia as former policeman named "Afuang."

3:41pm  Senator Madrigal orders the man identified "Afuang" arrested.     

3:41pm  Atty. Kapunan asking Senator Madrigal as to how to protect his client against instances such as just what happened.

3:42pm Senator Jinggoy asks the persons seated behind the resource persons to move to the other side and only the Senate guards will occupy the area.

3:46pm ASec Santiago resumes his statement.  He belies impressions that there is generalization that media personalities are on drugs. 

3:47pm  Senator Madrigal asks "best-dressed man" Atty. Tamano to give his statement but before that, another attorney was given the chance to speak.

3:48pm  Atty. Tamano speaking.  Expresses regret that Dr. Vicki Belo could not attend ... by June 9th, his client would be willing to attend.

3:49pm  Atty. Tamano now reading the affidavit of Dr. Vicki Belo ...

1.  Vicki Belo break up with Hayden Kho.
2.  Knew about sex video with Hayden Kho.
3.  On Dec. 9, 2008, Belo asked Hayden's friends, Erik Chua and Bistek Rosario to retrieve the computers and hard drives which were issued to Hayden ... where he may have stored a copy of Vicki - Hayden sex video.
4.  They ... took the computers ...  these did not contain the video they were looking for. 
5.  Hard disk protected by password.
6.  Eric volunteered to find a computer expert who can break the password.
7.  Eric with computer expert broke the password.
8.  Eric gave Vicki a DVD.  "Here, my gift to you."
9.  Eric violated instructions to delete the video.
10. To her chagrin, Dr. Belo discovered that the DVD contained videos of Hayden having sex with other women including Miss Katrina Halili.   
11. Vicki destroyed the DVD.
12.  Mention is made of Mr. Omar Sortijas 

3:54pm Who is Omar Sortijas?  She is someone connected with Miss Katrina Halili.

3:55pm  Oath now being administered to Dr. Hayden Kho.

3:57pm  Katrina Halili now reading her prepared statement.  "Pakiramdam ko po marami pong nagmamahal sa akin... Upang maitindig ang sarili ko mula sa pambababoy na ginawa sa 'kin ni Dr. Hayden Kho... Minahal ko po si Hayden ... para isiping ako lang ang nagmamay-ari ng puso niya."

3:59pm  Katrina, "... imbes na doktor, direktor pala... Hangad ko po ang hustisya ... Gusto ko po siyang matanggalan ng lisensiya... Gusto ko rin po siyang makulong at magdusa sa kasalanan niya... Sa kultura po natin, habambuhay na latay sa pagkatao ko ang ginawa sa 'kin."

4:01pm Katrina, "... may hangganan po ang katangahan ... ilalaban ko po ang aking karapatang mabuhay nang marangal ..."  (By the time she finished, Katrina was crying ... sheer courage from a young woman who is facing the challenge of a lifetime)

4:03pm Senator Jinggoy speaking to Hayden Kho ... the're now talking for more than a minute and everything is unintelligible, must have problem with the microphone.

4:05pm  How old are you?  29

When did you start taking drugs?  August 2007

Only Ecstasy?  Yes.

Who is your source?

Who influenced you in taking drugs.  Si Katrina Halili po.

August 22, 2007 I did a lipo of Katrina.

Katrina asked me to go to Holiday Inn.

There were other people there taking drugs.

That was in 2007?  August 2007.

It was dark basang-basa yung room.  Weird.

I ended up leaving.

So we left na po.

First time, walang sex na nangyari.

We met first Belo Clinic.

After no'n, she kept on texting.

She invited me again to Holiday Inn the week after.

Pinaalis niya si Nimfa, naiwan kaming dalawa.

She asked me to take drugs.

Dalawa daw .  Ayoko.

Finally pumayag ako isa lang.

Sabi niya dalawa, pag isa walang epekto yan.

The result the video with bandana.

Drugs and sex ... drugs and sex

Nagcontinue gano'ng relationship hanggang December 2007.  Last time we saw each other New Year 2008.

4:10pm  Senator Jinggoy asks Katrina to respond.

Hindi po tutoo.  Last week po ng July 2007, nagpa-lipo po ako sa kanya.

Doctor-patient relationship, text text kami.

Matagal niya na kong crush.  Yung jologs na notebook.

Anong ibig sabihin ng jologs, asks Senator Jinggoy (Laughter).

Meron daw po siyang dalawang babae na gusto niyang makadate.  Ako at si Angelina Jolie.

Binola nya po ako, matagal na daw niya kong crush.

Pinanood niya sa kin yung video na binati ko siya nang hindi ko siya kilala.

"Hindi po ako nagdra-drugs," says Katrina.

Ayaw niya pong magpakita sa mga tao.

Pinapalabas niya po ako na nilandi ko siya.  Pinakilala ko siya sa pamilya ko.

4:14pm  Senator Jinggoy asks Hayden if he was still able to set up the video equipment while he was "high" on drugs.

4:16pm "I can name the people who buy drugs for Katrina," says Hayden.

4:17pm
Senator Madrigal, "There is information that the person who bought the videos have something to do with drugs."

"Ganon ba ka-powerful itong tao na ito na nagbabanta sa buhay ninyo?"

"He knows the generals who can have me killed anytime," answers Hayden.
  
4:19pm  "Dr. Hayden Kho, anong pakiramdam mo ngayon?" asks Senator Bong Revilla.

"Shame, guilt." Hayden.

"Naniniwala ka na ikaw ay dapat parusahan."  Opo.

4:19pm They're now talking about the reasons for making the sex videos.

4:24pm "Marami sa 'kin nakakapagkwento na yung mga video na kinukunan mo sa mga kaibigan mo."  Hayden denies thisl.

4:25pm  Ano'ng nararamdaman mo ngayong nasa harap mo si Dr. Hayden Kho?
 
4:25pm Galit po.

4:26pm Kapal ng mukha mo.  Nakakatingin ka pa ng ganyan.  Outburst by Katrina Halili.

4:27pm Senator Madrigal calls one minute suspension.  Katrina's comment ordered stricken off the record.  Katrina now crying, covering her face with a handkerchief.

4:28pm Senator Revilla asks the DSWD representative if they have statistics about child and women victims of exploitation.  The DSWD explains their projects.

4:30pm  "Kayo pa ba ni Dra. Vicki Belo."  Hindi po.

4:30pm  "Meron ba kayong sex video?" Opo.
  
4:30pm  "Ano'ng dahilan kung bakit kumalat ang mga videos?"  May I narrate, Sir?  Yes.

4:31pm  "I was being unfaithful to Dr. Belo .. part of that is recording and keeping videos." 

"August 2007,  I began taking drugs with Miss Katrina Halili.  Dec 2007 naghiwalay kami ni Katrina, nawala nang drugs."

"Something tragic happened to me February 2008, I got into depression, knowing the effects that Ecstasy had on me, I started buying my own ... iba-ibang babae .. I became reckless."

".. pati yung girlfriend ng kabarkada ... Dec 2008 Las Vegas po ako, sinabi na po nung ... sinumbong na po nung girlfriend ng barkada ko na may nangyari na sa min ... Manila Dec 9, 2008, kinausap po ako ng isa kong kaibigan ... apat kaming barkada ... Erick Chua, Bistek at saka ako ... since alam na po ng barkada ... yung isang hindi ko pinangalanan ... tinatanong niya ko kung bakit nagawa ko yung pagtataksil ... pinakialaman mo yung girlfriend niya ... alam ko po si Erik at Bistek nandun na po sa bahay ni Vicki Belo ... sige na bumalik ka na sa bahay mo ..."

Sino nag-utos na kunin ang hard drive?

"Is it true that it was Dr. Vicki Belo na nagbigay ng susi?"  Opo.

"Yung hard drive ko nakuha ... ang ginawa ko tinake ko tatlong Ecstasy tapos bumili po ako ng Valium 30 tinuluyan ko na po sarili ko para magpatiwakal ... nakalabas po ako Dec 23 ... nagpasko po ako sa bahay ... tapos nung January po, first week of January, I think, magkasama po kami ni Dra. Belo ... naglabas na siya ng sama ng loob ... tinawagan ko si Bistek ... sinigawan ko si Bistek .. tumawag si Erik Chua ... dahah-dahan ka sa pagkilos mo ... may hawak kaming videos mo ... magingat ka.  Tinanong ko po si Dr. Belo, tinanong ko po yung nangyari sa hard drive ko at yan na po yung nakalagay sa affidavit."

"sino nagpalabas nito?"

"Hindi ko po alam."

"Bakit di mo masabi?"

"Magpa-file ka ng kaso sa mga taong ito?"

"Pwede mong sabihin kung sino suspetsa mo?," asks Senator Madrigal.

"It's either Erik Chua or Bistek."

"Between the two, mas inclined po ako isa dun sa kanila."

"Nung ginawa mo yung video, may consent ba yung mga babae."

"Minsan po meron, minsan po wala."

"Yung video mo with Katrina?  May permission?"

Yung first, the camera was right infront.

Yung second, the camera was infront of her.

Yung third, she talking right infront of the camera, "She said, I'm peeking."

Yung fourth, wala po siyang, "Alam."

Katrina clarified that the first three videos where she had consent were not sex videos.

4:44pm  "Was Dr. Vicki Belo on drugs in your video," asks Senator Estrada.  "Hindi po."

4:45pm "I became dependent on drugs po," said Hayden.

4:49pm "Maski kailan hindi ka nag-droga?" asks Senator Madrigal.  "Hindi po."

4:50pm  "Starting March 2008, I started buying my own drugs."

4:51pm "Yung pong drugs, it stays in the bloodstream for months but it stays in the hair for years."

4:51pm  "I challenge Katrina Halili to a drug test," says Hayden.

4:51pm  "We're not here to challenge people, please apologize."

4:52pm  "We have information that Erik Chua and Bistek Rosario pinagbili nila yung video sa isang malaking tao na may kinalaman sa drugs,"  says Senator Madrigal.

4:53pm  "Siya ang bumili nito for P2million," says Senator Madrigal referring to the important person who bought the videos.

4:54pm  "These were sold to someone for P2 million," may we ask for clarification from Atty. Tamano.

4:55pm  The instructions to Mr. Erik Chua were to delete the video. 

4:56pm  "Nasa responsibility ito ni Dra. Belo."

4:57pm  "Ako'y nagpapasalamat kay Katrina kasi yung katapangan mo nagbigay ng pag-asa sa ibang biktima," says Senator Madrigal.  

4:58pm  "Pa'no nalipat yung video from the camera to the laptop."

4:58pm  USB lang po.

4:59pm  "Point n Shoot Sony Camera."

5:00pm  Dr. Hayden Kho is being asked the name of the person who bought the videos?

5:01pm  This guy really has a lot of connections ... "

5:01pm  You know him personally?  I'd rather not comment.

5:02pm  "Have you been threatened already by this person?"

5:02pm  "I am receiving death threats from this particular person."

5:03pm  Senator Madrigal presses one more time for Hayden Kho to reveal the drug pusher who bought the sex videos.

5:03pm  "Ma'am, I can't make a decision right now ..." Hayden.

5:04pm  "Ma'am baka the moment I say Yes, paglabas ko pa lang dito, tapos na 'ko," Hayden.

5:04pm  "Malalim ito," Senator Madrigal.

5:04pm  "Baka mamaya nasa likod ko na," Hayden said.

5:06pm  "Katrina, pasasalamatan ka bayan ng habang buhay mo," Senator Madrigal.

Hearing adjourned. 

Who is the mystery drug supplier who bought the sex videos for P2 million?  Who is this powerful person whom Hayden Kho cannot name for fear of his life and that of his family? 

This case is way, way far from over and the stakes I'd say have just gone up several notches higher.

Author's Note: Any mistakes or omissions on this live blog post are mine alone.  Pasensiya na po, tao lang.

UPDATE
28 May 2009  5:38pm

Senator Madrigal is being interviewed by Tony Velasquez at ANC's Top Story and she is saying that they have passed the Anti Child Pornography bill but the Congress has not acted on it.  She is saying that with such a law, mere possession of sex videos involving children would be punishable. 

"I have information that the hard drive [containing the sex videos] were sold and posted on the Internet," says Senator Madrigal.

"I would really like to know if they're withholding information (referring to Dr. Vicki Belo)," she added.

Senator Madrigal says she will talk with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to investigate the drugs angle with another Senate Committee, possibly Public Order, in coordination with her Youth Committee.

Erik Chua and Bistek Rosario will be summoned in the next Senate hearing.

"It's my duty as a Senator to hear things referred to my Committee.  It's a risk we have to take," referring to her decision to hold the hearings also in public but this time making sure that no one but the Senate guards are positioned behind the resource persons.

The interview finishes at 5:48pm.

Congratulations to Senators Jamby Madrigal, Bong Revilla and Jinggoy Estrada for not blinking on this one and for keeping the public informed on this matter of immense public interest.


VIDEO UPDATES
28 May 2009  6:12pm

These are the video clips from GMAnews.tv:





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Mariz Umali's Second Exclusive Interview with Dr. Hayden Kho, May 27, 2009

27 May 2009

On the eve of his appearance before the Senate, Dr. Hayden Kho gave this exclusive interview with Mariz Umali of GMA-7. One of the things Hayden asks for is for the public not to involve his parents anymore in the ongoing controversy.


More when I return from the Senate hearing.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Katrina Halili's Lawyer Atty. Raymund Palad Dares Dr. Hayden Kho and Mrs. Irene Kho to Submit to Drug Test with Katrina Halili

27 May 2009

Responding to allegations by Mrs. Irene Kho that it was actress Katrina Halili who supplied Hayden Kho with drugs and pushed him to become addicted, Atty. Raymund Palad, Halili's lawyer, has thrown the challenge to Hayden Kho and his mom to likewise submit themselves to a drug test together with the actress.

Atty. Palad received yesterday a subpoena from the PDEA for her client Katrina Halili to attend the investigation of the drug allegations.  Also subpoenaed to attend Friday's hearing at the PDEA are Dr. Hayden Kho and mom Irene Kho.

This is the video clip of the TV Patrol report via kyte.tv:



This controversy now moves one notch higher, from trading accusations to brinkmanship. 

The revelations and accusations by Mrs. Irene Kho have only served to harden each camp's positions and given other agencies of government such as the PDEA more than enough reason to enter the fray. 

We can only hope that the telling of the truth is enhanced in the process, that the necessary lessons are learned by all of us and that our nation comes out stronger because, and in spite of, this painful communal experience.       







  

Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Video Scandal — The Senate Hearing Should Not Be in Executive Session

27 May 2009

Hayden Kho's desire to hold the Senate hearing tomorrow in executive session goes against the public interest. Senator Jamby Madrigal is correct in wanting the hearing to be as public as possible.  

This is the report by Jun Veneracion of GMA-7's Saksi:


The immense significance of tomorrow's hearing cannot be understated. After foisting this scandal on a Filipino public which has grown tired of investigations that lead nowhere and yield no significant change in society, the Senate should now make sure that a judicious balance between the people's right to know and the right to privacy of the individuals who will testify in the hearing is attained.

After showing immense interest in the controversy, the Filipino public now expects that they will be treated as mature members of our society whose guidance and decision is not sought only during election time but in critical moments like this where public sensibility will be seriously offended if they will be shut out of information over an issue that will surely affect the future direction of this country.

An interesting sidelight of tomorrow's hearing will be how Senators Jamby Madrigal and Alan Peter Cayetano will conduct themselves since these will be a joint hearing conducted by their respective committees.  The public spat between these two senators is public knowledge since Senator Madrigal filed a complaint over the C-5  double insertion controversy against Senator Manny Villar who is being vigorously defended by Senator Cayetano.

Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Video Scandal — The NBI Explains How to Trace Uploads on the Internet

27 May 2009

In this report by Michael Fajatin of Saksi, Atty. Palmer Mallari of the NBI's Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division, explains how to trace the identity of persons who upload files over the Internet.  The process involves tracking down IP addresses and determining the identity of the person who has subscribed to an ISP account:


While it's true that the IP addresses of uploaders can be tracked, it is of limited use if the upload was done in a public Internet cafe where the identities of users who rent computer time is not usually listed.  The most that can be done here is to ask the Internet cafe operator to identify certain people who may have availed of their facilities during certain dates and times in question when the sex videos were uploaded.   

If the person who did the uploading of the Hayden Kho sex videos took basic precautions to make it difficult for probers to determine his identity, investigators will have to be forced to rely on witness testimonies, such as those apparently obtained already by OMB Chairman Edu Manzano and Senator Jamby Madrigal, to uncover the perpetrator.  

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Senator Jamby Madrigal Says It's Not Erik Chua But a High-Profile Personality Who was Responsible for Leak of Hayden Kho Sex Videos

26 May 2009

Senator Jamby Madrigal, chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations will lead the investigation into the Hayden Kho sex videos scandal on Thursday, May 28. Joining Jamby's committee is the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media headed by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.  

Senator Madrigal claimed today that it was not Erik Johnston Chua who was responsible for leaking the Hayden Kho sex videos but a "high-profile personality" who purchased and distributed the videos.


Madrigal's information runs counter to early reports from various sources that point to Erik Chua as the culprit.  These include Hayden Kho himself, Kho's lawyer, Atty. Lorna Kapunan, Dr. Vicki Belo and her lawyer, Atty. Adel Tamano and OMB Chairman Edu Manzano. 

Although he has not come out publicly with everything he knows, Chua has issued a statement yesterday and has given an interview with Jay Ruiz flatly denying the accusations against him.

Lolit Solis Reacts to Accusations by Mrs. Irene Kho — "Tuwang-Tuwa Ako Na Lumabas Siya sa TV!"

26 May 2009

My head is still spinning from all the charges and counter-charges that are flying in all directions as a result of the brewing Hayden Kho sex videos scandal.

In this GMA-7 exclusive, Igan Arnold Clavio interviews Manay Lolit Solis by telephone on the issue.  Lolit Solis, who is not known for holding back when engaged in controversies is still her usual bubbly self but I can see that she's quite composed and relaxed (by Lolit Solis standards, I mean) when tackling the issues.  

Here is the video clip courtesy of GMAnews.tv:


Lolit Solis did make this statement at one point in the interview:

"Kung talagang sabi niya ... binibigyan ng drugs ni Katrina 'yung anak niya na isang doktor, aba, eh hindi na nga ako nagtataka Arnold na nabalita noon na may namatay na pasyente sa kamay ni Dr. Hayden," said Lolit Solis.

"Habang nagla-lipo?" asked Igan Arnold Clavio.

"Oo," Di ba, eh kung nagdo-droga siya, ganu'n nga ang mangyayari," added Lolit Solis.

Regarding the alleged patient's death mentioned by Lolit Solis, so as to present this in a balanced light, here's a PEP article dated May 23, 2008 entitled Dr. Hayden Kho disputes rumor about patient's death. 

Said article made reference to a May 6, 2008 blog post entitled "Reviving Rumors (re-written) written by Hayden himself in his Multiply account, Hayden's Haven, wherein the now embattled doctor is quoted as saying:
They finally had an autopsy done and it cemented the fact that her death is indeed unrelated to surgery. The Philippine Medical Association had also investigated the case and released a statement.  The demise is due to Status Asthmaticus, and not related to surgery.

With that, my name has been cleared and the family finally quit blaming me and the other doctors who handled the patient's case.
More on this when I return.





Mula kay Magdalena Sawimpalad — Gawing Edukasyunal ang Kasong Katrina para sa Kababaihan

26 May 2009

So much interest has been generated by the brewing Hayden Kho sex videos scandal that this early, it promises to be the top news story of 2009.  

Different people, to be sure, have different sets of reasons for expressing their interest. There's just so much public interest riding in this case. It is a pivotal point in our social, cultural, political and legal journey as a nation.  

Today in my Yahoo Inbox, I found this message from Magdalena Sawimpalad (magdalena_sawimpalad@yahoo.com) admonishing women to learn the lessons of the Katrina Halili aspects of the Hayden Kho sex videos scandal. 

I'm reproducing her message in full, entitled Gawing Edukasyonal ang Kasong Katrina Para sa Kababaihan:
Please click:


ANO ANG KASO SA ISYUNG KATRINA AT HAYDEN?

Bago ang lahat, ano kayang balita ang nais takpan ng Malacañang kaya pumutok ang isyung Katrina-Hayden video? Ang isyu ng pagbulgar ni Lt. Gandia sa P40M kuropsyon sa militar, ang isyung C5 ni Villar sa senado, ang balak na ChaCha, at iba pa.

Gayunman, magpokus tayo sa isyu.

Makakasuhan ba ng sexual harassment si Hayden Kho? Anong kaso?

Kung sakaling hindi nailabas ang mga sex video na iyon, tiyak hindi malalaman ng taumbayan iyon. Tiyak di magko-complaint si Katrina. Kaya walang kaso.

Nag-file ng complaint si Katrina dahil sa pagkakalabas ng video ng hindi niya alam. Ibig sabihin ba, hindi pa ito usapin ng sexual harassment sa kababaihan, dahil payag naman siya sa ginawa nila ni Hayden Kho ngunit sa private lamang. At foul na kay Katrina, at sa iba pang kababaihang nakaranas nito, na mailabas pa sa publiko ang kanilang mga sex acts na sa pribado'y payag sila.

Paano sa kaso ng modelong si Maricar, at sa iba pang babae?

Sa ganitong kaso, may violation ba sa batas, lalo na sa anti-sexual harassment law?

Payag ang babae sa ginawa nila, pero in private. Pero nang lumabas na in public, anong batas ang nilalabag? Privacy law?

Maaring hindi ito pasok sa REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877 "AN ACT DECLARING SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNLAWFUL IN THE EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" dahil hindi naman ito lugar ng trabaho o eskwelahan, kundi sa pribadong lugar.

Maaring hindi rin ito pasok sa RESOLUTION NO. 01-0940 "ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINARY RULES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES" dahil nga may relasyon at nasa pribadong lugar sila.

Gayunman, may ipinayl ngayon sa kongreso na pag-amyenda sa RA 7877, at ito ang HB 3704- Amendments to the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law.

Dapat nating gawing educational para sa mamamayan, kababaihan at kalalakihan, ang isyu ng sex video, at huwag lamang maikahon sa kung sino at kanino galing ang sex video, sino ang nag-upload sa youtube at iba pa. Dapat itong pasimulan ng mga kababaihan. Panahon nang pag-usapan sa publiko, hindi lang ang isyu ng sex video, kundi ang karapatan ng kababaihan.

Dapat ituring na bayani si Katrina Halili dahil malakas ang loob niyang ibulgar ang mga ganitong kabulukang naganap, upang hindi na ito maranasan pa ng ibang kabataan.

Ano ang dapat nating matutunan sa pangyayaring ito?

Una, dapat kapulutan ng aral ng mga kabataan ngayon ang nangyaring ito.

Ikalawa, dapat magkaroon ng edukasyon ang mga kabataan hinggil sa ganitong mga pangyayari.

Ikatlo, maitaguyod ang karapatan ng kababaihan.

Ikaapat, magmungkahi po kayo _____________.
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Atty. Raymund Palad Says Katrina Halili Will File Charges Against Hayden Kho and His Mom, Irene Kho, for Saying Katrina Got Hayden Addicted to Drugs

25 May 2009

GMAnews.tv is carrying this QTV video clip saying that Atty. Raymund Palad, lawyer of actress Katrina Halili will sue Hayden Kho and his mother, Irene Kho, for saying that Katrina pushed Hayden into using drugs.

This is a reaction by the Katrina Halili camp to the comments and charges made by Mrs. Irene Kho which aired over ABS-CBN's TV Patrol and Bandila earlier this evening.  My earlier post on Mrs. Irene Kho is here.

This is the video clip from GMAnews.tv:


The transcript of the news report is here: (I'll do this when I return)


Is the Hayden Kho sex video scandal now turning into a networks war?  I hope it does not. The executives of ABS-CBN and GMA 7 should sit down immediately and come up with a common strategy to handle the ethical reporting of this brewing scandal. 

Public interest requires that this story be told, the lessons learned, the offenders held liable for their actions and the ends of justice served. But the telling should be done in a manner that showcases the best in Philippine journalism instead of highlighting the long-running fierce rivalry between the Philippines' top two networks. 
    



 

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Atty. Lorna Kapunan Interviewed by Pia Guanio on Showbiz Central, May 24, 2009, Sunday (Transcript and Video)

24 May 2009

Below is the transcript of Ms. Pia Guanio's interview over the telephone with Atty. Lorna Kapunan at GMA-7's Showbiz Central.

Transcript of the interview (AK refers to Atty. Kapunan):
Pia :  Mga taga Showbiz Central, we have on the line at live ang attorney po ni Dr. Hayden Kho na si Atty. Lorna Kapunan. Magandang hapon po sa inyo, Attorney?

AK :  Magandang hapon rin sa 'yo, Pia.

Pia :  Yes, Attorney, first of all, we would like to ask, kamusta na po si Hayden sa ngayon?

AK :  So, si Hayden ngayon is with his family.  Nagpapahinga.

Pia :  Ano po ang lagay niya?  Kundisyon niya? Is he ...? 

AK :  The last time I saw him was 'yung day na nag-isyu siya ng public statement no, and when he apologized to Katrina and ... for what he did.  Since then, he has been in the company of his parents. 

Pia :  Attorney Kapunan, we know that sinabi na po ni Hayden that he's ready to surrender his medical license if need be but I would like to ask you Attorney, could he be criminally liable for anything in this matter?

AK :  Ah ... right now, there are ... I understand there are two cases pending.  One, is the ... based on what we see on TV and what we hear, there is I understand an anti-pornography case and although we have not seen a copy ... ah, there is I understand from an interview with Director Mantaring a violation of Republic Act 9262 yung domestic violence law ... as regards criminal cases, 'no. Meron ding administrative case for the ... filed by the complainant Katrina for the cancellation of his practice ... license to practise medicine.

Pia :  And how strong is your case against these mga kaso pong kriminal?

AK :  As a matter of fact ah ... there is ... as far as we're concerned, si Hayden has already accepted the fact that the video ... that the videoing of a sexual ... sexually  ... of a sexual private and intimate matter really, he realizes is wrong.  Is wrong and he desires to take full responsibility for what he now realizes is a wrongdoing, 'no .  Pia dapat nating intinidihin that this sex videos were not taken recently ... they were taken two years ago and since two years ago and starting this December, Hayden has been undergoing treatment both medical, psychological ... and he's also gone through spiritual healing starting this December.

Pia :  So Ma'am are we assuming here that you are going to pursue the angle na ... his insanity plea in this case?

AK :  No, we are not pleading ... we are not pleading insanity, 'no. In fact, Hayden is saying that he takes full responsibility.  We don't know where ... bakit kumakalat na ang defense namin dito ay insanity. We are not ... We have no defense! The act by itself  of videoing a sexually intimate act is ... ah 

Pia :  is wrong.

AK :  is a wrong ... it's wrong ... it's wrong whether or not the complainant consented, it is wrong whether or not they were under the influence of drugs  ... and he takes full responsibility for that ... As I said, this was two years ago, 'no, but yung  offense which is being talked about which is the downloading and uploading ... downloading from the computer and uploading to the Internet, he himself is an offended party there. 

Pia :  Atty. Kapunan, I would like to know nga po kung these videos were taken for private use only by Dr. Hayden Kho ... paano po ba naisapubliko ang mga videos na ito?

AK :  According to Hayden, they were made public by a common friend of his ... his friend and the friend of Dra. Belo, a certain Eric Chua.

Pia :  Yah, Ito pong mga friends na ah ... are being blamed po no, allegedly for uploading the videos, ah, pinaghahanap po sila ng authorities right now and since they are friends of Hayden, have you made any efforts to get in touch with them and to cooperate with the authorities? 

AK : The ... I've asked Hayden, 'no, and we have evaluated and we are submitting to the jurisdiction of the Optical Media Board. Chairman Edu Manzano is presently investigating as Chairman of the Board... which is mandated, 'no, that is the government agency that is mandated to investigate  ... violations of our anti-piracy and anti-pornography law. ... He already understands ... I have not talked to him personally ... he already has certain lead that points to a certain Eric Chua and  I learned from certain reporters yesterday that this Eric has not denied liability but is pointing to a technic ... computer technician whom he says was the one who ... is responsible for distributing.

Pia :  So alam na po ang whereabouts nitong mga individuals na ito?

AK :  I have not heard Chairman Manzano make any official pronouncement but I assume that his agency is doing the right stand because we know the track record of Chairman Edu and he has been consistent in really tracking down violators of the anti-piracy and anti-pornography law ... so in ... as counsel for Hayden and Hayden himself is saying, 'Let's wait for the findings of the Optical Media Board ...'

Pia : Yes Ma'am. Atty. Kapunan, last question na po ... I just want to know ... kasi po, Hayden gave an interview on Friday ... he let go of some very controversial words, for instance, ang sabi po n'ya, for the public "... to condemn the sin and not the sinner." Ano po'ng ibig niyang sabihin dito? Is he in fact saying or he is acknowledging that taking videos of his sexual partners is wrong?

AK :  Yes, precisely as I said Pia. Itong videotaping of the sexual act, this is not recent ... it did not happen yesterday ... it did not happen this year, this happened two years ago .

Pia :  But that still doesn't get him off the hook, Ma'am ... he still did the act.

AK :  No, precisely ... he is not trying to get off the hook ... as a matter of  fact, he is trying to move forward by ah ... since December, getting professional treatment and apart from that, he has said that he will face ah ... he will face all the legal consequences for an act which he ... for a wrongful act which he admits.

Pia :  So ano po'ng ibig niyang sabihin nung sinabi niya nung Friday for the public "... to condemn the sin and not the sinner"?

AK :  What ... what he is saying ... is that ... ah ...

Pia :  Is he saying that there is nothing wrong with what he did?  That he should not be blamed for it.

AK : No, Pia, no.  What he is saying is what he did is wrong ... that when did it he did not realize that it is wrong ... but now, he realizes ... in fact ... he realizes that what he did is wrong. and he in fact has confessed.  He has confessed and asked apology from Katrina.

Pia :  Atty. Kapunan, I just like to ask po your personal opinion on this matter 'no ... as a woman defending Hayden Kho ...  how did you feel personally when you saw the sex videos yourself?

AK : The sex video ... the sex video, pure and simple,  is ... is exploitation. There is exploitation of the woman in that video ... of Katrina Halili in that video. 

Let us also recall that exploitation here is continuing.  I have said in many interviews that it is really unfortunate that this happened, that this happened and that there are ... there are pornographic materials that are circulating because of the sensationalisation that the media has given this case ... 

because of the sensationalism that Senator Revilla has given this case... 

So, we are all forgetting that each time that this case is sensationalized, each time, there is continuing exploitation.  

So, it is ... it is not a singular wrongdoing, it is not a singular wrongdoing of Hayden ... of videoing this sexual  ... this sexual act but it is a continuing violation not only of Katrina's right to privacy but Hayden himself ... and that is what we are fighting about ... ah 

... exploitation by the press ... exploitation by those who wish to make political capital of what is a deplorable crime.  

Pia : Yes Ma'am we get your point. Marami pong salamat, Atty. Kapunan, Hayden Kho's legal counsel for your time this afternoon.  

AK :  Thank you rin, Pia.

Pia :  Maraming salamat po sa inyong oras.

Here is the video clip of the interview courtesy of GMAnews.tv:


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Katrina Halili's Lawyer Denies Hayden Kho's Charge That It Was Katrina Who Supplied Hayden with Drugs

24 May 2009  1:39am, Manila time

Atty. Mamyrlito Tan, lawyer of Katrina Halili lawyer, denies the charge of Dr. Hayden Kho that it was she (Katrina) who brought drugs to Hayden during the time when they carried on their relationship in 2007.  "Pinabubulaanan po namin 'yung sinasabi na binigyan ni Katrina ng droga si Hayden Kho. Hindi po nagdro-droga si Katrina," said Atty. Tan in the weekend report of Saksi which aired around 1:09am, exactly 30 minutes ago.

According to Atty. Lorna Kapunan, her client Dr. Hayden Kho told her that it was Katrina Halili who gave him drugs.  

"He said that it was Katrina who was providing him during the ... the ... when they were together, it was Katrina who brought him drugs."  Those were the exact words of Atty. Kapunan.

The same report showed Atty. Adel Tamano saying that his client, Dr. Vicki Belo, girlfriend of Hayden Kho, was not responsible for the release or proliferation of the sex videos while also admitting the existence of a Hayden Kho - Vicki Belo sex video.

Another lawyer of Katrina Halili, Atty. Raymund Palad, insisted that the defense of "psychological treatment" that is being invoked by the camp of Hayden Kho is not proper in the case of violation of RA 9262 or Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children. 

This is the video clip of the weekend Saksi report courtesy of GMAnews.tv:


Im afraid, this "revelation" by the Hayden Kho camp, whether true or not, will only galvanize public opinion against him. At the very least, it is an attempt by his camp to paint him as a "total victim"  — somebody who was supposedly lured into drugs and then while supposedly under the influence of drugs, lost control of himself and took those sex videos. 

Assuming he is eventually charged with a criminal offense under RA 9262, this line of defense indicates that Dr. Hayden Kho will plead "not guilty" as he is entitled to be presumed not guilty. 

But then, what "remorse" was he speaking about during his interview with media?  What did he mean when he said, "... learn to condemn the sin and not the sinner"? Ugh!  

This would be a much better place if all lawyers in the Philippines would strive not just to win legal cases or demonstrate to the public their legal erudition but to seek justice in their hearts, obtain that justice before our courts of law and truly change society for the better.

    

    

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Friday, May 22, 2009

Hayden Kho Take 2, "I Apologize ..." — Dito Nagsalita Na Siya, Hindi Statement Lang — Pero Mukhang May Mga Ayaw Maniwala

22 May 2009

This is the apology of Hayden Kho, Take Two — this time around he's the one speaking instead of just a prepared written statement being flashed onscreen.

In case, you also want to read the words instead of just hearing them, this is the full transcript of  Mariz Umali's report including the text of the sound bites from Dr. Hayden Kho:

Igan Arnold Clavio:  Inako ni Hayden Kho ang kasalanang nagawa at lubos na pinagsisisihan ang nangyari.  Depensa ng abogado ni Dr. Kho, lulong daw si Hayden sa droga nang panahong ginawa niya ang mga kumakalat na sex video.  Pero ang ilang Senador, hindi tanggap ang paliwanag na ito.  Saksi si Mariz Umali.

Hayden:  I deeply regret everything that has happened because of my poor judgment... Hmmm... Nagsisisi na po ako.

Mariz:    Halata ang lungkot at pagkabalisa sa mukha ni Dr. Hayden Kho nang humarap sa media.  Muli niyang iginiit nagawa lang niya ang video bilang bahagi ng pribado niyang buhay, bagay na wala siyang intensiyon na ipakita sa iba. Sa halip ang sinisisi niya ang mga taong nagkalat nito.

Hayden:  Sa dami nang nadamay, sa dami ng mga nasaktang tao dahil may nagnakaw at nagkalat ng videos... Right now, I may feel deep remorse ... you know, it's too much to ask for forgiveness right now...  Sana ... sana, someday people will learn to condemn the sin and not the sinner.

Mariz:  Pero ang biktima niyang si Katrina Halili, bingi sa pagso-sorry ni Hayden.  

Katrina: Dapat 'yon, hindi lang ganoon ... hindi, hindi lang paghingi ng tawad.  Dapat po siyang parusahan.

Mariz: Aminado ang abogado ni Dr. Kho na si Atty. Lorna Kapunan, lulong daw si Hayden nang panahong ginawa niya ang mga kumakalat na sex video.
  
Atty. Lorna Kapunan:  These all happened when ... ah ... he was a drug user.  These all happened before December when Hayden was getting his treatment. 

Mariz:  Pero hindi bumenta kay Senador Bong Revilla ang depensang ito ng kampo ni Hayden.

Senator Bong Revilla: Palusot ng magagaling na abogado, 'no ah. Sa korte na lang sila magpaliwanag. 

Mariz; Paniwala pa ni Senadora Miriam Defensor-Santiago, mahihirapan lang ang kampo ni Hayden kung gagamitin nitong depensa ang umano'y problema sa pag-iisip ng celebrity doctor.

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago: He has never appeared in public that he has indicated other signs of insanity so he cannot claim that overnight, he became insane.

Mariz: Ako si Mariz Umali at ako ang inyong saksi!


This is the video of the report by Mariz Umali of Saksi courtesy of GMAnews.tv:


 
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