Duterte: Bank records illegally obtained

President Duterte has accused the Ombudsman of illegally obtaining his bank records, warning that such data could not be used in court.

The President argued that the Ombudsman violated the law for holding documents stolen by a female contact from the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

With such violation, the President refused to cooperate with the Ombudsman probe and reiterated his challenge to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to resign.

“I will not obey the Ombudsman because she is corrupt and she is holding illegally obtained evidence. Hindi nila magamit sa korte ‘yan,” the President said during his visit to Marawi City.

“Ninakaw eh ng isang babae na kabit ng colonel dyan. Alam ninyo kung sino yan. Anak yan sya...Pinasok nila dyan,” he added.

Duterte did not identify the woman in question.

“Mag-resign muna si Carpio because she is corrupt at humahawak na ebidensya na kinuha nila na walang permiso sa AMLC,” the President said.

The Ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the President’s alleged multibillion peso bank accounts based on a plunder complaint filed by Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV. Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Caradandang reportedly claimed that they received Duterte’s bank records from AMLC that showed transactions amounting to billions.