By Angie M. Rosales
The Daily Tribune
AMLC LOOKING INTO DEPOSITS IN 7 BANKS
Former Palace Social Secretary Ruby Chan Tuason whom the Department of Justice (DoJ) is considering as a state witness in the P10-billion pork barrel scam case being pinned on three opposition senators have numerous bank accounts which are now under investigation by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), it was gathered yesterday.
A source noted that alleged bank deposits of Tuason were being kept in the following banks: Bank of Commerce, BdO, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., Metropolitan Bank & Co., Philippine Bank of Communications, Security Bank Corp. and Union bank.
Sources the AMLC is now looking into 89 of Tuason’s purported bank accounts and other financial records under her name and jointly with her children kept in at least seven banks.
Documents showed that the said “monitoring” by the AMLC, an agency under the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) tasked to investigate suspicious transactions from financial institutions, was in relation to her alleged involvement in the pork barrel syndicate of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.
The AMLC, it was learned, is looking into a transaction in 2010, one of her purported numerous accounts in Metrobank, amounting to P30 million and another, involving P20 million, was under her account in Union Bank in Sept. 2008.
The P30 million was “debited” from JLN Corp’s Metrobank account and on the same date, the same amount was transferred to another purported account of Napoles’s firm and “was withdrawn shortly thereafter,” a source said.
Also based on the information gathered by the AMLC, the council noted apparent consistency in the claims made by key whistleblower Benhur Luy in his affidavits and attached documents on some of the purported transactions of Napoles.
“Luy’s records showing that Ruby Chan Tuason received P20 million on 18 Sept. 2008 was also confirmed during the AMLC investigation where a credit memo transaction of P20 million was made on the same date in her Union bank account,” documents said.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, meanwhile, said the privilege speech he will deliver today to divulge more details about aspiring state witnesses to be used against him and Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr. will be 20 pages long in single space which he said was already shortened from 24 pages.
He said the privilege speech will likely be compressed further when he delivers it today.
The speech will revolve on the “Tale of Two Incredible Witnesses”, Estrada said.
Estrada added that he has not talked with Revilla, his co-accused in the pork barrel scam case.
Estrada in giving reporters a preview of the speech said that star witness Benhur Luy was not able to prove first hand that he was involved in the scam.
“He did not say anything in his affidavit about personally delivering money to me. What he said was that we supposedly deal directly with Napoles which is not proof that money exchanged hands between me and Napoles.
Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano will deliver a privilege speech ahead of Estrada today the contents of which remains a mystery.
“Clueless,” Estrada said on the probable content of Cayetano’s speech.
He said that since Cayetano is majority leader, he has control over the scheduling of privilege speeches.
Asked if his speech will involve current government officials, Estrada merely told reporters to just wait for his speech today.
Comparing it with the P50-million incentive speech in which he blew the lid off the Disbursement Allocation Program (DAP) controversy, Estrada said that the speech is not that explosive.
“It’s all about the witnesses. Actually, I was not the one who divulged the DAP. It was (Budget) Secretary (Butch) Abad who admitted that the funds came from DAP. I did not mention in my first privilege speech about the DAP. It came out consequently from Abad,” he added.
He said the privilege speech will further raise questions on the already tainted credibility of Tuason and former Technology Resources Center (TRC) head Dennis Cunanan but he refused to give a hint on details of his speech.
“It would be up to the listeners to judge the value of my speech. Tell me later if what I say surprised you,” Estrada told reporters.
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AMLC LOOKING INTO DEPOSITS IN 7 BANKS
Former Palace Social Secretary Ruby Chan Tuason whom the Department of Justice (DoJ) is considering as a state witness in the P10-billion pork barrel scam case being pinned on three opposition senators have numerous bank accounts which are now under investigation by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), it was gathered yesterday.
A source noted that alleged bank deposits of Tuason were being kept in the following banks: Bank of Commerce, BdO, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., Metropolitan Bank & Co., Philippine Bank of Communications, Security Bank Corp. and Union bank.
Sources the AMLC is now looking into 89 of Tuason’s purported bank accounts and other financial records under her name and jointly with her children kept in at least seven banks.
Documents showed that the said “monitoring” by the AMLC, an agency under the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) tasked to investigate suspicious transactions from financial institutions, was in relation to her alleged involvement in the pork barrel syndicate of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.
The AMLC, it was learned, is looking into a transaction in 2010, one of her purported numerous accounts in Metrobank, amounting to P30 million and another, involving P20 million, was under her account in Union Bank in Sept. 2008.
The P30 million was “debited” from JLN Corp’s Metrobank account and on the same date, the same amount was transferred to another purported account of Napoles’s firm and “was withdrawn shortly thereafter,” a source said.
Also based on the information gathered by the AMLC, the council noted apparent consistency in the claims made by key whistleblower Benhur Luy in his affidavits and attached documents on some of the purported transactions of Napoles.
“Luy’s records showing that Ruby Chan Tuason received P20 million on 18 Sept. 2008 was also confirmed during the AMLC investigation where a credit memo transaction of P20 million was made on the same date in her Union bank account,” documents said.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, meanwhile, said the privilege speech he will deliver today to divulge more details about aspiring state witnesses to be used against him and Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr. will be 20 pages long in single space which he said was already shortened from 24 pages.
He said the privilege speech will likely be compressed further when he delivers it today.
The speech will revolve on the “Tale of Two Incredible Witnesses”, Estrada said.
Estrada added that he has not talked with Revilla, his co-accused in the pork barrel scam case.
Estrada in giving reporters a preview of the speech said that star witness Benhur Luy was not able to prove first hand that he was involved in the scam.
“He did not say anything in his affidavit about personally delivering money to me. What he said was that we supposedly deal directly with Napoles which is not proof that money exchanged hands between me and Napoles.
Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano will deliver a privilege speech ahead of Estrada today the contents of which remains a mystery.
“Clueless,” Estrada said on the probable content of Cayetano’s speech.
He said that since Cayetano is majority leader, he has control over the scheduling of privilege speeches.
Asked if his speech will involve current government officials, Estrada merely told reporters to just wait for his speech today.
Comparing it with the P50-million incentive speech in which he blew the lid off the Disbursement Allocation Program (DAP) controversy, Estrada said that the speech is not that explosive.
“It’s all about the witnesses. Actually, I was not the one who divulged the DAP. It was (Budget) Secretary (Butch) Abad who admitted that the funds came from DAP. I did not mention in my first privilege speech about the DAP. It came out consequently from Abad,” he added.
He said the privilege speech will further raise questions on the already tainted credibility of Tuason and former Technology Resources Center (TRC) head Dennis Cunanan but he refused to give a hint on details of his speech.
“It would be up to the listeners to judge the value of my speech. Tell me later if what I say surprised you,” Estrada told reporters.
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