Digong says he’ll reveal Trillanes’ real bank accounts

After his attempt to trick Senator Antonio Trillanes IV with a fake bank account number, President Duterte is planning to reveal his rival’s real bank records and his supposed partners abroad.

The President said Trillanes has kept many offshore bank accounts but only in small amounts, based on the information provided by a foreign government.

“Sinabi ko, well in advance, that ‘yung mga deposito [I said well in advance, the deposits] I will reveal it. Hintay lang kayo [You should wait] and the names of the partners, I will reveal it,” Duterte said during a media gathering in Davao City last Friday night.

“‘Yung mga account niya kung saan-saan. Marami 'yan, maliliit kasi pag magdeposito ka nang malaki, mag-red flag ‘yan [His accounts are scattered everywhere. There’s a lot of them in small accounts because if you make huge deposits, it will raise a red flag],” he added.

The President earlier poked fun at Trillanes after revealing he merely invented a bank account number the senator used in his bank secrecy waiver. He made the admission after Trillanes went to Singapore to prove the alleged bank account did not exist.

Turning the tables on Trillanes, Duterte has accused his fierce critic of hiding money in banks in some countries, including United States, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

He claimed Trillanes has closed some offshore bank accounts, but the local antimoney laundering authorities could still help trace such transactions.

The President, in his remarks last Friday, explained that he deliberately modified Trillanes’ bank account number to catch him lying. He added that Trillanes knows the foreign state which provided the information about his multiple bank accounts.

“Alam niya. Kaya para hindi siya maipit [He knows. So as not to be caught], he had to admit one and to say that mine was a falsity,” he said.

The President said Trillanes was “hungry for power” based on his track record.

He said Trillanes went to jail after a failed mutiny against the government in the past. He then raised funds using public sympathy and ran for senator as a supposed “anti-graft exponent.”