they have the potential to access the main backend database and we don t know what was going on there. so when you see mps now responding somewhat urgently to the outcry that has come about as a result of this i tv drama, how early did you alert them to the findings that second site had discovered? in them to the findings that second site had discovered? them to the findings that second site had discovered? in 2013, we continued to site had discovered? in 2013, we continued to do site had discovered? in 2013, we continued to do some site had discovered? in 2013, we continued to do some limited i site had discovered? in 2013, we l continued to do some limited work until 2015. we issued a number of reports. it was absolutely clear to us that the integrity of horizon was potentially in doubt because of the operation of fujitsu. ian potentially in doubt because of the operation of fujitsu. operation of fu itsu. ian henderson, thank ou operation of fu itsu. ian henderson, thank you s
i said, are you absolutely sure? yes, i will alter the figures to prove to you that we can do this. he did that. i said to him, for your information, as a federation representative, we ve always been of the opinion that you cannot in any way, shape or form remotely access a sub postmaster s accounts. he said, well, we can. i said, where to go from here? , at which point he said, i ll alter the figures back to where they were. otherwise this sub postmaster won t balance tonight, and then i was promptly escorted back upstairs with the look of the realisation of, 0ops, i ve put my foot in it not from my point of view, from my chaperone s point of view. they ushered me out of the building as quickly as possible. the fujitsu staff used that third line access to correct data on the system when might have been corrupted in some way. but of course from a legal standpoint, the existence of unrestricted and unauditable access by fujitsu staff calls into question accusations that
apologise for the role in their suffering, fujitsu is fully supportive of the inquiry, it would be inappropriate for fujitsu to comment further at this time. some breaking news from ecuador. in the last hour, armed men wearing balaclavas burst into the studio of a public television station here, in the port city of guayaquil, taking hostage several journalists and staff members. live footage showed attackers, carrying rifles and grenades, forcing the crew onto the ground. we are trying to locate those pictures, we ll bring those to you as soon as we have them. the ecuadorian police have tweeted this picture, so it would seem that they are on site. there is a power struggle going on in ecuador, we will talk about it later in the