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Monday, J.litne 10, 2019
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Veloso wants to know who put

his name in Duterte's narco-list
BY AShZEL HAGHERO capacity, the ttuth being that the 'Even DILG Region \Illl Re_-
petitioner is far from being such gional Director Artemio Caneja
f.tYfE :rd Olrt i"t Rep. Vicente kind of a person" attested to the fact that petitionerS
Veloso has asked the Supreme Veloso also asked the SC to name does not appear in their lisgl'
Court to issue a wdt of habeas stop "the resporldents from he said-
data against his lnclusion in the committing and/or continuing "PDEA Region \iIII Director
list of politicians allegedly in- to commit unlawful acts that Edgar Jubai reiterated the posi-
volved in the illegal dtugs trade as have violated.and threaten to tion of PDEA Regional Of6c-e
announced bv President Duterte further violate his right to pri- No. 8 that petitioner is not a
last March. " vacy in life,liberty or security." narco-politician, and remains, in
Veloso named Exe cutive Veloso asked the tribunal to fact PDEAT partner in its anti-
Secretary Salvador Medialdea, issue a writ of habelas data direct- illegal drugs campaign," Veloso
Philippine Drug Enforcement ing the respondeots to disclose to said.
Agency Director General Aaron him ttle person or persons who He blamed politics for hls
Aquino, PNP chief Oscar A1- included his name in the Presi- inclusion in the list.
bayalde, National Intelligence dent's March 1{ 2019 list of flarco- "It appears, therefore, that the
Coordinating Agency Director politicians and to d.lpclos6 lis or iqclusion of petitioner's name
General Alex Paul Monteguado, their factual and legal bases. A writ in the March 'l 4 , 2019 list of
and Interior Secretary Eduardo of habeas data protects a person's narco-politicians given to Presi-
Aio as respondents in his peti- right to control information espe- dent Duterte is unvalidated, last
tion. cially when the informatioo against mioute, and mal-icious insertion ,
In his petition, Veloso'sought the person was illegally obtained. made not by duly-authorized per-
the "rectification, supptession Veloso has denied any knowl- sonnel of concerned agencies on-
or destruction of the database, . edge or involvement in the nar- the ground, but by unscrupuloui
information or files kept by cotics ,ttade, saying his name people elsewhere,'l he said.
respondents which erroneouslv was hastily inserted into the "Worse, despite PDEA
Iisrs herein petitioner as an ai- "narco-list" since PDEA Region Spokesperson Detrick Cirreori's
leged narco-politician as read to VIIi, the PNP and the AFP have pronouocement to media that all
the media by President Duterte categorically admiited that he those included in the list were
.from a liit and/or where it ap- is not in their list of politicians already sued administratively, rro
pears that petitioner is involved allegedly involved io the illegal such suit has been filed against
in illegal drug actiwity.ih whatever drugs trade. petitioaer, until date," he added.

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