The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Monday it is about to unmask the website that was the first to “show” the controversial sex video of Katrina Halili and Dr. Hayden Kho, which could help them identify the person or persons behind the initial upload.

More or less 50 websites have been found to have uploaded the controversial sex video.

A source from the NBI who refused to be named said the bureau would utilize two approaches to the website owner-operator who first “broadcast” the sex video.

“We would be using two approaches to deal with him. We will deal with him as suspect in relation to pornography and at the same time as witness to identify which person/persons gave them the copy of the sex video,” the source said.

The NBI has already asked the help of the US-based website host to help open the log system that would unmask the person/persons behind the initial upload.

“The purpose of the opening the system log is for the determination of fingerprint of all Internet sites to get the IP address of those involved. We are actually close and we just need a few more things to do to trace the website and the one who gave the copy of the sex video,” said the source.

In an earlier interview, Head Agent Palmer Mallari, executive officer of the NBI Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (AFCCD), said they have to rely heavily on the technical aspect of the case to unmask those behind the initial upload on the Internet.

“We study and evaluate the affidavits and there are denials and conflicting statements so we need to go farther like the technical aspects. We are focusing on the initial upload. And then we can apply for search warrant,” said Mallari.

The NBI is not ruling out the possibility of including Dr. Vicki Belo as accessory to the complaint after businessman Eric Johnston Chua claimed in his affidavit that he gave the master copy or hard disc of Kho’s sex videos to Belo.

Chua, according to his affidavit, said he has no more copies of the sex video because he has already deleted it even before it circulated on the Internet.

With all the denials and conflicting statements of personalities who were subpoenaed by NBI, the bureau requested a website host based in the United States to help the bureau open the system log that would pave way for the identity of person or persons behind the initial upload of the sex video.