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The Philippine police chief says officers are looking into the activities and contacts of Meghan’s father, who faces a US charge over alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Philippine police are examining Thomas Markle’s activities and contacts to establish whether he had local associates, police chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr said.
The inquiry includes his son, Thomas Markle Jr, but Nartatez said on Monday that there was currently no evidence of the son’s involvement. The younger Markle had previously been named a person of interest.
The Philippine investigation began after Markle Jr handed material from his father’s former home to police. Markle Sr previously denied his son’s allegations that child sexual abuse images had been found among his belongings, calling them lies.
Markle Sr, 82, was arrested in Florida on Friday and faces one federal count of possession of child sexual abuse material in California. According to an FBI affidavit, agents searched two storage units registered to him and seized approximately 78 items, including film negatives, slides and books containing suspected abuse material.
The Philippine Star reports that Markle appeared before a US magistrate judge in Tampa. Nieuws.nl reports that he was placed under house arrest.
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