MANILA - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Tuesday started its probe into the leaked information on President Arroyo's confinement at the Asian Hospital last week, focusing their investigation on one doctor.
The NBI's Anti Fraud and Computer Crimes Division, which handles the alleged medical information leak, said the probe was not due to a command from the Palace, but from a request from the administration of the Asian Hospital.
"Malacanang has nothing to do with the ongoing probe. This is a request of a private hospital to conduct investigation for possible administrative liability of any of its hospital employees for getting patients' file and leaking it," NBI Director Nestor Mantaring said.
The NBI said it will investigate who and how the private medical information concerning the President leaked out.
An ABS-CBN source said the investigation is focusing on one doctor.
Three medical staff from the hospital's Center for Women's Health have already given statements, and the source said it points to one doctor as the source of the leak.
The three staff could also possibly stand as witnesses against the unidentified doctor, the source said.
The NBI, meanwhile, has not yet confirmed this, and whether the doctor in question is the President's doctor.
The agency also said that they will try to finish the investigation as soon as possible, saying that they are not being pressured by Malacañang.
With a report from Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
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