AMLC should probe Binay’s alleged foreign bank accounts—Mercado

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Former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado on Thursday asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to probe the alleged foreign bank accounts of Vice President Jejomar Binay, which he supposedly did not declare in his Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SALN).

Mercado, testifying at the continuation of the senate blue ribbon subcommittee on the corruption allegations against Binay, showed Binay’s alleged bank accounts held jointly with his former personal secretary Ebeng Baloloy and former aide Gerry Limlingan.

“Hindi ko makita kung saan kumukuha ng lakas ng loob si Vice President Binay para sabihin na lima lang account niya,” Mercado said.

(I don’t know where Vice President Binay gets the gall to say that only has five bank accounts.)

The camp of the vice president earlier said that the of the more than 200 accounts reportedly ordered frozen by the Court of Appeals, only five bank accounts belonged to Binay.

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He urged the AMLC to look into the alleged foreign bank accounts of Binay in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

“Dapat magkaroon ng mas masusing imbestigasyon para mapatunayan magkano ang pera abroad na ‘di nakita ng AMLC,” he said.

(There should be a more rigid investigation to prove the amount of money hidden abroad that the AMLC did not see.)

Mercado also revealed that Binay has a unit in Tagaytay Highlands and questioned if this was declared in Binay’s SALN.

During the hearing, Mercado also revealed that Limlingan once bought manager’s check from the Philippine National Bank (PNB), which, Mercado said, contained Binay’s address.

“How can they deny being dummy?” he said. IDL

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