Gov’t lawyers: Jinggoy’s hacking claims vs Luy ‘absurd’

Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who faces graft and plunder charges in connection with the illegal diversion of his Priority Development Assistance Fund, accused principal state witness Benhur Luy of hacking and illegal access to obtain files of his employer. This is in violation of the E-commerce Act and Cybercrime Prevention Act, Estrada’s camp said. Prosecutors however argued that Luy’s access to the files did not constitute “warrantless seizure” (which would have made them inadmissible evidence) because they were copied to his own storage device with the consent of his employer, Janet Lim Napoles, at the time of the transfer.

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