Bank tax records to test Trillanes claims vs Sara Duterte

MANILA, Philippines — Bank and tax records to be presented next week before the Senate impeachment court could help determine whether former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s recent claims against Vice President Sara Duterte are supported by the records, the prosecution panel said Saturday.

During a press conference Friday, Trillanes said Duterte had peso and US dollar time deposits in 2007 and 2008 that were not declared in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).

He also said the Chinese government and Chinese companies remitted a total of P319 million to Cale88 Food Corp., which is linked to Duterte’s husband, Manases Carpio, and P150 million to the vice president’s Tapang at Malasakit Foundation.

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Trillanes also alleged that the Duterte family received P181 million from suspected drug lord Sammy Uy.

Private prosecutor Benjamin Tolosa said the prosecution’s upcoming witnesses and financial records could be used to check the claims.

“So abangan natin dito sa mga maririnig natin sa mga parating na testigo natin at makikita natin sa mga record kung ito hong mga financial transactions na ito ay magma-match doon sa mga narinig natin (kay dating Senator Trillanes),” Tolosa said during the Saturday News Forum.

(So, let us wait and see, based on the testimonies of upcoming witnesses and the records we examine, whether these financial transactions align with what we heard from former Senator Trillanes.)

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The prosecution is set to present representatives from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), banks and financial institutions, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as witnesses next week.

Trillanes was initially on the House prosecution’s witness list but later withdrew from the trial./ja