00:00The National Security Advisor is assisting in strengthening the law against espionage in the country.
00:06In the midst of the cases of extortion and deception of foreigners, the subject is a foreigner.
00:11He is a malicious person who sells or owns a device used for e-scam.
00:17Marisol of the Ramon reports.
00:21Section 29, unauthorized access or intentional breach.
00:26In a hotel in Paranaque, the people of the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group,
00:31Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center,
00:34Bureau of Immigration and National Telecommunications Commission,
00:38this Malaysian national,
00:39he sells online the so-called International Mobile Identity Subscriber or IMSI Catcher,
00:47a device used by syndicates in e-scam.
00:50It's worth P600,000.
00:53It harvests phone numbers.
00:57We receive a lot of text messages that are unwanted,
01:03that we don't want to receive, but we receive them.
01:07It's because this machine is what we use.
01:10An electronic device that intercepts messages,
01:14calls, and calls cellphones and gadgets can be recovered.
01:18So the solution is, find the source.
01:23If you just chase it, the operator won't be able to catch it.
01:29So we targeted the source of the IMSI Catcher.
01:32This is one of the major suppliers of the IMSI Catcher here in the Philippines.
01:38It wasn't easy to catch the foreign suspect.
01:41We have to step in and bring in advanced science technology in tracking it now.
01:47And finally, we caught up with him in cooperation with our foreign partners,
01:53the Malaysian government.
01:55The suspect is still trying to get a statement that he has already been accused
01:59of violating the Cyber Crime Prevention Act of 2012 and others.
02:03According to the authorities, he still has accomplices.
02:06And it's not just the suspects that the authorities are targeting,
02:11but also foreign investors.
02:14The AFP, which believes that it will be the first to discover underwater drones
02:18in the future.
02:19The arrest of some people who have a fake ID and birth certificate.
02:22And the Chinese spy suspected of being dismissed,
02:25Banban Mayor, Alice Guo.
02:27The involvement of the Chinese National,
02:30which was targeted by some military bases.
02:32Government offices, vital installations, and malls.
02:36And the operations of the POGO.
02:38If we look at the entire expanse of the country,
02:43covering the different instruments of national power,
02:45and start connecting the dots,
02:47there seems now to be a deliberate and calculated move
02:52to map out the country by a foreign power.
02:55But the question is, if China is behind all this,
02:58the answer of the AFP,
03:00I do not want to speculate on anything.
03:02We base our statements on facts.
03:04In the midst of this, the National Security Advisor,
03:07Secretary Eduardo Año, urged the Congress
03:09to strengthen the law against espionage.
03:13Marisol Abduraman, reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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