Articles circulating around the media right now are the issue in connection to the case of the Philippine ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. While the information regarding the matter continues to spread on radio, television and various news sites, sources reveal that Arroyo’s mug shots which currently spread throughout the web are fake.
On November 22, Director General Nicanor Bartolome of the Philippine National Police (PNP) (–foul word(s) removed–)erted that the mug shots of the former President Arroyo weren’t authenticated.
Based on an article from the Inquirer, Director General Bartolome made a revelation saying that the current circulating photos of the ex-President Arroyo were not true. Although the spreading photos were believed that it was Arroyo’s mug shots that were given to Pasay City’s RTC Branch 112 for submission last Monday, Bartolome himself insists that those pictures circulating were not true.
Despite these concerns, the PNP will still be keeping the confidentiality of the original mug shots of Arroyo. As stated by Bartolome, the PNP will only release real Arroyo mug shots if the court itself would give them the permission to do so.
Bartolome tells that only authorized official are allowed to in accessing confidential files such as the mug shots, booking sheets as well as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s fingerprint cards.
Some inconsistencies were seen when the fake mug shots have been compared to the real one as stated by Bartolome via the Inquirer. Even the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group can attest to that.
It was noted that Arroyo’s genuine mug shots are confidential. It remains to be a Police Property at present.
A part of the article published in a reliable source, the ABS-CBN, states that there were only seven (7) individuals who were there when the mug shots of the former-President Arroyo were taken.
According to the said source, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) enumerated those who were present. That includes the ex-President herself Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Mike Arroyo who is her husband, their son Dato Arroyo who is the Representative of Albay, Arroyo’s former Cabinet secretary and the rest were the 3 PNP CIDG officials .
As of now, no authorized individual or group can publish the authentic mug shots of the ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.