Sample letter that i recieved Monday morning Feb 7, 2005:

"... dont bring any pirated vcd, copy cd, data cd when you plan to ride the LRT or MRT. they are confiscating cd's unlabled and unliscensed cds. they dont care if it is a data disk for your work or files for school.. pls pass this info to avoid the situation and if ever they tried to confiscate your data cd for work/school purposes, just prepare a explanation for the importance of your data cd. they dont even know how to identify a pirated cd/vcd or personal data cd files. if you have CD or DVD files. its best not to ride the MRT/LRT"

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I've done a little experiment this morning. I brought along some blank CD's with me and PLACED IT ON THE TOPMOST PART OF MY BAG, making sure that when i open it they would see it immediately.

They completely ignored it. This happened at MRT Magallanes Station at 8:10am this morning.

I looked around the station for any pamphlets or xerox copies of the new law regarding the confiscation of suspected pirated CD's. Nada, nilch, nothing.

Right now im searching the Net for any evidence of this rather stupid law. Under Google i tried searching using keywords such as LRT / MRT / priated CD / law and turned up with nothing.

I checked out the LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY website ( [link] ) and found no trace of such law. I called up the LRTA and they themselves denied such a claim! Maricar Jara of the LRTA Public Relations Office commented that it might be the work of the PNP since they were the ones who can impose such law. They are now currently verifying with the head of the Security today.

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Just now, at 9:34am, Ms. Maricar Jara has just talked with Capt Danilo Florendo, Civil Security Office Chief of LRTA Line 2, and it has just been confirmed THAT THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONFISCATION OF CD'S IS FALSE!

If you want to check if my claim is true or not, feel free to contact Ms. Maricar Jara at Megatren Public Relations Office at +(632)647-3452 or +(632)647-3477 to 88/91 loc. 29846, 29824.

PLEASE DO NOT DISSIMINATE INFORMATION WITHOUT PROPER SOURCE BACK-UP. Do not encourage the spread of false information that will spread unnecessary anxiety among the public. PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE LEARNED. Part of being responsible is to send this email to the person/s who sent you the false info. Im sure they were tricked as well.

Thanks! Spread the true word.

Robert Wong

What the fuck? Pati ba naman CD pinagdidiskitahan? Lintek na Gobyerno!! Hindi bawal magdala ng CD, pero bakit? Hindi lang nila alam kung ano ang nagagawa nila, tignan mo bumagsak tuloy yung wawang estuyante.... :nirava:

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Bastusan Na!!

Kuya Robert, Lagay ko po sa Journal ko mamaya. Thanks.

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Bastusan Na!!

ok...kung ayaw nyo maniwala....di wag..

kame na nga yung nabiktima e..
ayaw nyo pa maniwala..


bahala kayo.

Hindi ibig sabihin na kapag sinabi mo at kumalat ang balita based on ones experience then napatunayang mali yun ay nagsisinungaling ka na at nagkakalat ng maling rumors and news about the credibility of the LRT/ MRT... honestly, I can say na tama yang sinasabi mo but I guess may point ang student at si Az... The thing is yung student eh hinayaang kunin yun CD niya (errr... bumagsak pa siya sa project niya... ouch)

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I wanna fly

" In displaying an artwork, you are not supposed to be there to explain the whole meaning of your concept but rather let the artwork speak for itself..."

Im sorry Az if this thing turned out bad. Honestly i thought this was another SPAM that was sent to you by another peep and you sent to us. Never was there any indication that you were victimized, only after i posted my message questioning the authenticity. If you had mentioned in your initial postings that you yourself were victimized, things would have turned another way. I would not have treated this as another worthless SPAM and instead taken action in defense of your victimization.

Now we know that there is no such policy implemented by the LRTA, and instead were actions of abusive guards. Now we have a name and number to contact the LRTA when another such human rights violation occur again. Now we have a fighting chance.

Im sorry for the loss of your CDs which im sure was full of invaluable data. You may still call up LRTA to complain. Give them the all the details. That way, action can be taken, even if just a little.

Yes, may point nga si Az and the student. Unfortunately this happened after i posted my claim. I based all of my reactions from the information i got which definitely looked like SPAM since it only said "from a student" and the one coming from Az (which i looked later on) did not indicate that he was victimized himself. From all angles it looked suspiciously like SPAM mail, and in connection with Az and that student, it looked like it was sent to them and they simply distributed it.

What i did is not a personal attack against the persons who sent the email, but a personal attack against SPAMMING.

If Az indicated in his initial emails that he himself was victimized, i would have rallied for his defense by taking this effort to prove that no such policy exists.

I understand why he'd be pissed. But sometimes we need to be careful on how we send information nowadays. Authenticating an email makes it more believable.

(Arg, there was an error when i sent this so please forgive me if i double posted, i need to make sure this message was sent)

Im sorry if it turned out this way, but if you read the initial emails, the only claim to its authenticity was "from a student". There was no indication that Az himself was victimized, so from all angles it looked like one of those scare SPAMS.

If from the start Az mentioned that he himself was victimized, i would have rallied to his defense by making the effort of providing proof that no such policy exists. All the time it looked like something Az got from another email. Only later on did he say he was victimized himself.

This is not a personal attack against peeps who were victimized, but a personal attack against SPAMMING. We receive countless information everyday, and we are responsible to authenticate such claims before spreading it to another person.

I indicated that the policy of confiscating CD's is FALSE. I did not say that the victims were liars, nor was that my intention.

Like what i said earlier, now we have a name and number to contact the LRTA in case this happens again. And for the victims, you may call LRTA to complain.

its okay.
we have already talk to the MRT admin..and we already recovered my CD

its the works of the PNP and VRB.

MTR allowed them to do the operation. so thats why theres no law or poster about the operation