Newspaper editor catches presidential adviser buying pirated discs

[DailyCore]

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Newspaper editor catches presidential adviser buying pirated discs

Amid recent hauls by government operatives against vendors of pirated music and video discs, a Malacañang adviser was caught buying pirated movie discs in Quezon City this week.

Dona Policar, an editor of the Inquirer Bandera newspaper, chanced on presidential political adviser Ronald Llamas buying pirated DVDs (digital versatile discs) at the Circle C mall last Monday night.

In her report published Wednesday on the Inquirer, Policar said she "personally witnessed how Llamas bought a stack of pirated DVDs" in one of the stalls at Circle C mall on Congressional Avenue.

"With his two barong-clad security aides hovering nearby, Llamas seemed unfazed by the people who recognized him as a Palace insider as he browsed through the illegal merchandise.

Llamas took his time picking his titles, from 7:30 to 8 p.m. He was accompanied by two women who also bought a few DVDs for themselves," Policar said in her report.

Llamas gained controversy late last year after a high-powered assault rifle was discovered in his SUV after a road accident in Quezon City.

On the other hand, Llamas is a "kabarilan" – or a buddy of President Benigno Aquino III at the shooting range.

The Inquirer report quoted Optical Media Board (OMB) chairman Ronnie Ricketts as admitting the government could not do anything about [those who buy pirated discs]... because the country’s anti-piracy law imposes no penalty on the customer.

Llamas' purchase came less than a week after OMB teams seized more than P20 million worth of pirated discs in a raid on stalls in Makati City.

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[ming_li]

nah!! mao ra ni ron!!! presidential adviser pa jud.. unsaon pg stop sa piracy ana? hahaha

[slakker]

gi-pikchuran unta to sa newspaper editor para mas naay impact iyang report.

[ming_li]

gi-pikchuran unta to sa newspaper editor para mas naay impact iyang report.

lisud cguro brad kay naa man body guard pero ga-unsa man sad ang newspaper editor didto? palit sad sya ug pirated DVD sa? hahaha

[slakker]

^aw mao gyud siguro pod iyang tuyo didto bro... hypocrite ra kaayo ang news editor...

[ming_li]

@slakker

mao na dra bro hahaha utro sad d i hahaha

[DailyCore]

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/133563/...tipiracy-drive

[sercor::jhumzki]

XXX ang gipamalit daw

[slakker]

my bad, naa diay pic...

[164meatshop]

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