马尼拉：菲律宾内政部长周日（10月24日）晚间通过短信告诉法新社，菲律宾警方正在调查一台在梅根·马克尔疏远的父亲托马斯·马克尔前住所发现的笔记本电脑，该住所内还发现了儿童虐待图像，“完整结果”预计一周内出炉。
MANILA: Philippine police are investigating a laptop found alongside images of child abuse at the former home of Meghan Markle's estranged father with "full results" expected in a week, the country's interior minister told AFP.
梅根·马克尔的父亲托马斯·马克尔一直居住在菲律宾宿务，据报道今年早些时候已返回美国。
Thomas Markle, whose daughter is married to Britain's Prince Harry, had been living in Cebu in the Philippines until reportedly returning to the United States earlier this year.
菲律宾内政部长乔恩维克·雷穆拉告诉法新社，如果发现充分证据，菲律宾计划对马克尔采取“适当法律行动”——马克尔已否认所有涉嫌犯罪的指控。
Philippine interior minister Jonvic Remulla told AFP the country planned to take "appropriate legal actions" against Markle - who has denied all claims of alleged offending - if sufficient evidence was found.
“菲律宾国家警察（PNP）根据其儿子的报告，检查了一位托马斯·马克尔先生的前住所，”雷穆拉在周六（10月24日）晚间发送的短信中说。“发现了大量儿童色情材料以及一台笔记本电脑。”“该笔记本电脑目前正在接受取证调查，我们将在一周内获得完整结果，”雷穆拉说。
"The Philippine National Police (PNP), upon the reports of the son, inspected the former home of a certain Mr Thomas Markle," Remulla said in a text message sent late on Saturday (Oct 24). "Found were a trove of child pornography materials as well as a laptop." "The laptop is currently going under forensic investigation and we will have the full results in one week," Remulla said.
“如果发现有充分证据指控马克尔先生，菲律宾国家警察将与其对应机构协调，以定位并对马克尔先生采取适当法律行动。”
"The PNP will coordinate with their counterparts to locate and take appropriate legal actions against Mr Markle if found that there is sufficient evidence to charge him." British tabloid the Sun first reported last week that Markle's son, Thomas Markle Jr, had discovered the child abuse images while going through boxes found in his father's former home.
英国小报《太阳报》上周首次报道，马克尔的儿子小托马斯·马克尔在整理其父亲前住所发现的箱子时，发现了儿童虐待图像。
On Friday, Meghan Markle said she was "deeply distressed" by accusations her father had possessed images of child abuse, adding she had blocked contact between him and her children over previous "troubling and disturbing" allegations.
周五，梅根·马克尔表示，她对指控其父亲持有儿童虐待图像感到“深感痛苦”，并补充说，由于之前“令人不安和困扰”的指控，她已切断了父亲与其孩子的联系。
After the reports, Meghan said that in 2018 she had seen a letter sent to London's Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection making similar accusations.
在报道出炉后，梅根表示，2018年她曾看到一封发给伦敦大都会警察局和皇室及专业保护部门的信，信中提出了类似的指控。
"It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father, and I was given assurances that these were being investigated," she said in a statement.
“信中对我父亲提出了令人不安和困扰的指控，我当时得到保证这些指控正在接受调查，”她在一份声明中说。
London's Metropolitan police said it had passed on the information to the royal couple but did not share it with other law enforcement agencies.
伦敦大都会警察局表示，已将相关信息转交给这对王室夫妇，但未与其他执法机构共享。
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry left Britain and quit royal duties in 2020 amid a bitter royal family feud.
梅根·马克尔和哈里王子于2020年因王室内部激烈纷争离开英国并退出王室职责。今年8月，他们带着孩子意外返回英国定居。
They made an unexpected return with their children to live in the United Kingdom in August.