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MANILA, Philippines -- Businessman Joey de Venecia III, the original whistleblower on the alleged bribes and overpricing surrounding the national broadband network (NBN) deal asked the Supreme Court to order the police, military and other government agencies to stop placing him under surveillance.

De Venecia filed the petition in the aftermath of the uploading onto the Internet of his phone conversations with fellow whistleblower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. and former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr.

The young de Venecia also urged the high court to stop Senator Juan Ponce Enrile from airing the allegedly wiretapped phone conversations of him with other personalities.

During a Senate hearing, Enrile asked de Venecia about his phone conversations allegedly related to the NBN deal.

"Respondent Senator Enrile violated petitioner's constitutionally guaranteed right to privacy of communication and correspondence when he divulged what he believed to be conversations between petitioner and other persons culled from illegal tape recording," de Venecia's petition stated.

"Petitioner never gave his consent to anyone to record any of his telephone conversations with any person."

De Venecia said his right to privacy is being threatened by Enrile.

He also asked the high court to prohibit the military from using its resources to favor erring government officials.

"It should be noted that the circulation of supposed wiretapped materials purportedly bearing petitioner's conversations with other persons signifies the blatant and unjustified incursion on petitioner's private communication."

De Venecia also asked the high court to order respondents to produce his wiretapped conversations and order the filing of cases for violation of the Anti-Wiretapping law.

Respondents include the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), AFP chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr., the Intelligence Service of the AFP, the Philippine National Police (PNP), PNP Director General Avelino Razon Jr., Enrile and several John and Jane Does.

De Venecia, whose Amsterdam Holdings Inc. lost out on the NBN deal to China’s ZTE Corp., accused Abalos of brokering the deal and First Gentlemen Jose Miguel Arroyo of warning him to withdraw his bid.

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