Speaking to radio dzMM, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said this will be the first time that the three parties will all be present during the Senate investigation on how stolen funds from the Bangladesh Bank reached Philippine banks and casinos.
"Maganda itong pagdinig na ito dahil maghaharap-harap sila mamaya," Recto predicted.
The three parties earlier presented conflicting accounts of their alleged involvement in one of the world's biggest cyber heist.
At the third Senate hearing last Tuesday, Wong said that Deguito and foreign nationals Gao Shuhua and Ding Zhize were responsible for bringing in the "dirty money" into the Philippines.
He also claimed that Deguito alone approved the documents for the RCBC dollar accounts opened in May 2015, which received the stolen funds from the Bangladesh Bank in February 2016.
Wong added that he only referred one foreigner - Gao - to Deguito, contrary to her earlier claim that she met the owners of the four dollar accounts at Solaire casino through Wong's referral.
The junket operator also said that Deguito delivered at least P20 million in cash to him at the Solaire hotel on February 5. Another P80 million, he said, was delivered to him by Philrem's Concon Bautista on the same day.
This runs counter to the statement of former RCBC Jupiter-Makati branch senior customer relationship officer Angela Torres who said that the P20 million was loaded into the car of another businessman, William Go.
Philrem president Salud Bautista also opposed Wong, saying that the money was received by Weikang Xu, who has been described as a "registered" junket agent in the gaming business.
The Bautistas also denied Wong's claim that they still hold an estimated $17 million from the illegal funds.
In the interview, Recto said the Senate will trace the real connections of the names tagged in the scandal.
"We want to dig deeper. Ano ba iyung relationship? Kasi lahat sila magkaka-kilala, kung tutuusin natin," he said.
The Senate has invited Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares to today's hearing to shed light on the tax compliance of the involved parties.
Recto added that the hearing will also attempt once again to trace the remainder of the stolen funds that could be returned to Bangladesh.
The fourth hearing will also tackle the scam's toll on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as Philippine banks face tighter scrutiny from their foreign counterparts.
Watch the livestream of the hearing at: www.livestream.com/anctelevision.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
