The Philippine Online Chronicles

Sen. Pia Cayetano said yesterday that there is no need for the Senate to watch the Hayden Kho videos at the Senate's joint committee hearing on Thursday.

“We already know that the act of videotaping was committed. The existence of the videos and the characters are already established and are of public knowledge, so there’s no point in previewing it, even in executive session,” said Cayetano. She added that nothing will be achieved if the Senate watches the videos, and that legislation could still be achieved without using such “visual aids.”

“By playing the videos, we run the risk of further sensationalizing the issue instead of just focusing on the measures needed to prevent incidents like these and to entirely outlaw video voyeurism in all its forms," she added.

Abs-cbnnews.com reported that Cayetano has also requested that the media concentrate on helping the public raise “awareness on women’s rights and privacy issues.”