00:00 The Justice Department could have asked the court to transfer the teacher who was arrested in Sulu to Metro Manila
00:06 because of the connection between him and the terrorist groups.
00:09 From his connections, hundreds of thousands of dollars were transferred from various countries
00:14 that were used in operations such as the Madugong Marawi siege.
00:17 Salima Nefran was the one who was targeted.
00:22 The bloody and brutal Marawi siege of Maute Group in 2017, which left hundreds of people in the streets,
00:30 was targeted by the money that was being transferred by Mirna Mabansa.
00:35 Mabansa was the one who was arrested yesterday by the United Nations Security Council
00:41 by the United Nations Security Council as an individual who has connections with ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
00:51 Through Mabansa, hundreds of thousands of dollars of funds were transferred to the terrorists.
00:58 The act of Mirna Mabansa is really a financier.
01:01 She received the money from foreign nationals abroad, from Malaysia, Turkey, Jordan, Indonesia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
01:09 These are remittances for the purpose of supporting the ISIS and Al-Qaeda activities in the Philippines.
01:15 That hundred thousand dollars was used to buy weapons, to bring trainers here to the camps where the Filipino fighters were trained,
01:26 and to bring foreign fighters to join the siege of Marawi.
01:31 With regards to movement, domestically, they used other facilitators.
01:37 Mabansa was able to hide her identity because of her profession and connections as the wife of the killed Malaysian terrorist, Abu Anas.
01:45 Being a teacher, that is one of the perfect cover that she uses.
01:51 And of course, there are some other means.
01:55 After the death of Abu Anas, she remarried.
01:58 And based on intelligence report, her present husband is a high-ranking MNLF leader.
02:07 The Philippines hopes that after arresting Mabansa, the country will leave the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force.
02:15 This is a list of countries that are under increased monitoring for the violation of terrorist financing and money laundering.
02:22 This is one move that showcases how really the importance of cooperation among agencies.
02:31 Mabansa is facing five cases of Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act and violation of Anti-Terrorism Act.
02:39 The Department of Justice is now studying if they will ask the Supreme Court to transfer the cases from Zamboanga to Metro Manila.
02:48 We are trying to get the statement of Mabansa.
02:52 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Rafra.
02:55 Reporting for 24 Hours.
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