NBI can trace Ramgen and Janelle Sex Video uploader

A high ranking National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) official on Wednesday said that the bureau can trace the individual who uploaded the original sex video of slain actor Ramgen Bautista and surviving star witness Janelle Manahan on social networking sites.

NBI Assistant Director Atty. Medardo de Lemos said the bureau's Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division has the capability to trace where and when the video was first uploaded.

"Mayroon tayong proseso at paraan kung paano natin malalaman at matutukoy kung sino ang nag-upload [ng video]. Hindi na lang namin sasabihin sa publiko kung paano ito ginagawa ng computer crimes unit [eng: We have processes and means of knowing and tracing who uploaded the video. We're just not going to tell the public how our computer crimes unit do it]," de Lemos told dzMM.

De Lemos refused to disclose how the tracing is exactly done, but cited a case he handled where the identity of anonymous e-mail sender was determined.

"Kaya ko nasabi iyan dahil may kasong nai-refer sa akin, at 'yun naman ay tungkol sa isang e-mail na na-discuss sa amin ng isang technician at sinabi niya na mayroon silang paraan para malaman kung saan nanggaling ang pagpadala ng e-mail na iyon [eng: I have said this because there is a case referred to me, and that was about a certain e-mail that was discuss to us by a technician, and he said he has a way of knowing where the e-mail came from]," he said.

The video shows Ramgen and Janelle having sexual intercourse in a bathroom. Ramgen used a small digital camera to record their consensual act (see here).

The sex video first circulated in popular social networking site Facebook last week (although earlier it was thought that it came from youtube). It has since been removed by the unidentified uploader after earning the ire of several users.

Senator Bong Revilla, hlaf-brother of Ramgen, on Tuesday said he will ask the assistance of the NBI to conduct an investigation on the leakage.

However, de Lemos said he is not aware if Revilla has already filed a formal request for an investigation.

"Wala pa akong natanggap sa Office of the Assistant Director na ganoong request, baka naman dumiretso siya sa Deputy Director for Special Investigation [Services], kay Deputy Director [Edmundo] Arugay [eng: I haven't receive that kind of request from the Office of the Assistant Director, maybe he directly went to Deputy Director for Special Investigation Services, Deputy Director Edmundo Arugay]," he said.

De Lemos said it would be better if the camp of Manahan will be the one to file a complaint so their investigation on the matter can proceed.

Manahan's camp accused the Bautista household of uploading the video.

Her lawyers said it was a form of harassment after the slain actor's girlfriend testified against principal accused and Ramgen's siblings Ramona and RJ.

Another sibling of Ramgen, Gail Bautista-Furuyama, was implicated in the murder by Manahan.

Ramgen's mother, Genelyn Bautista, for her part, admitted that she has the laptop that might contain the file of the clip. She, however, said no one but Ramgen has access to it.

Ramgen Revilla and Janelle Manahan Sex Scandal

A few days ago, an alleged Ramgen Revilla and Janelle Manahan Sex Scandal video surfaced on the net. According to some sources, it started on Facebook, then on Youtube - the video service provider giant owned by Google Inc. From there, it spread like wildfire to various media storage sites, to bittorrent sites, and to other porn sites. The uploader of the video was unknown, although people could only speculate that it came from the Bautista family, Ramgen's family, side. Janelle's attorney said this was to be expected because earlier, his client Janelle had received numerous threats and blackmails including a Facebook post that says "You are not clean Ate Janelle [Elder Sister Janelle]." Janelle's side believes that one or maybe some of Ramgen's siblings may be the culprit and is/are intimidating, blackmailing, and harassing her so she would abandon the case against the Bautista siblings. Janelle was the only surviving star witness to the murder of his boy friend Ramgen Revilla, whose murder was allegedly been masterminded by his own siblings. Janelle's attorney, Atty. Guevarra, said that the video was stored in Ramgen's computer and later transferred to one of the computers of the Bautista household, but the Bautista side denies the allegation and called it absurd, further saying that the police had already confiscated some of their belongings including their computers and there's no way for them to have done it.

The Source

Despite Facebook and Google's strict policy against pornography, the two sites were still use but mainly because of each site's massive popularity and number of users. We could presume that the two sites were merely use as a means to promote the video.

Most of these videos on Youtube had hyperlinks to minor sites and blogs claiming to have had the actual video. Of course, the videos on Youtube and so is on Facebook, were already either deleted or archived by now, but not before it leaked out to other sites and PCs. There are some sites that still host them, but it would take vigorous research and the right research techniques to find them.

Where is the Video?

Due to the anti-voyeurism law imposed by the government, I will not risk 3-7 years imprisonment or a fine of P100,000 - P500,000 just to show it to you guys. However, I cannot find anything in the law that says helping people find the video is illegal, so I'm still gonna teach you people how to find it.

Note that the law only covers the Republic of the Philippines, it does not cover the world so other sites and site owners based outside of the country are still free to reproduce the video if they want to. That's why once the video is leaked, it will always survive on the net, although access could be somehow limited. To find the video, disable Google's family filter, then select video searching. You can find the option at the side. This will show a list of videos, most of these from youtube, but keep browsing the list until you reach the almost end of it, and you'll still find a site that still has it.

The video I saw on Xtube is only 53 secs. long, with Ramgen and Janelle in a shower. Well, the rest of the details is for you to find out.

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