00:00The NBI is now holding a Chinese national and two more Filipinos who committed espionage in the country.
00:07Their gadgets and equipment were also confiscated and found in a condominium in Makati.
00:14And Mary Zumali was found guilty.
00:16Exclusive!
00:18After obtaining a search warrant from the court, the NBI Special Task Force entered this condo unit in Makati.
00:25This is what the Chinese national, Deng Yuanqing, and the two Filipinos did.
00:31They espionaged and controlled some critical infrastructures of our country
00:35such as military bases, power grids, and malls
00:39using sophisticated equipment that was only installed in the back of the car.
00:43Other equipment was obtained by the raiding team inside the condo unit
00:47such as computer sets, laptops, servers, hard drives, electronic storage devices,
00:53routers, modems, mobile phones, TV monitors, and CCTV equipment.
00:58There were also IDs, passports, printers, scanners, bank books,
01:03hidden deposit slips, and documents worth millions of pesos
01:08and various documents and devices used for fund transfer.
01:13All the gadgets and equipment confiscated here
01:17were placed under the forensic investigation of the NBI
01:20to find out if there is evidence of espionage
01:24and other sensitive information that they can gather
01:27that can be used against the arrested suspects.
01:31The NBI will support the jury
01:35that obtained a lot of critical information that should not be obtained
01:40because it will affect our national security.
01:43The suspects were accused of violating the Commonwealth Act No. 616
01:47or an act to punish espionage and other offense against the national security
01:51in relation to Republic Act 10175 or Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
01:57But it is possible that their charges are heavier
02:01because of the new evidence obtained from their headquarters.
02:04We identified this location where he lived.
02:08There are a lot of gadgets here that were possibly used
02:12to get information about the equipment that was confiscated.
02:17He transferred it here.
02:19So when it returned from the field, we intercepted it.
02:24The NBI and AFP are also looking into the five other suspects
02:27who were arrested and charged by the NBI and AFP
02:30at a press conference on Thursday
02:32that was also involved in espionage against Philippine ships
02:36and the resupply mission in Eungin Shoal.
02:39For GEMA Integrated News, Maris Umali for Tutok, 24 Hours.
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