Wong a no-show; he’s in Singapore

WONG Junket operator left country on March 4. Inquirer Photo

BUSINESSMAN Kim Wong, among those being investigated for alleged involvement in an $81-million money laundering scheme, failed to appear in a Senate hearing Tuesday because he is seeking medical treatment abroad.

Wong was one of the resource persons invited to the hearing after his name cropped up in relation to an investigation of the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

At the hearing, the committee secretariat said Wong’s lawyer sent a letter saying his client would be unable to join the inquiry because he has been out of the country since March 4 for medical treatment.

The secretariat did not specify the illness for which Wong sought treatment.

The committee was also told that four other persons being investigated in connection with the scheme and whom the Senate was supposed to invite could not be located because they had fictitious addresses.

The four are Michael Cruz, Jessie Lagrosas, Alfred Vergara and Enrico Vasquez. They allegedly opened the RCBC dollar accounts where the $81 million was transferred.

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