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Executive Director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Atty. Ronel U. Buenaventura takes on the witness stand during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Oct. 5, as the proceedings continue in line with the Article II of the Article of Impeachment, on Duterte's supposed unexplained wealth. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00Sir, directs the clerk of court to kindly situate the next witness, attorney Ronel Buenaventura, to the witness stand, the
00:13executive director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council.
00:41The clerk of court is directed to kindly administer the oath of the witness.
00:44Sir, kindly stand and raise your right hand.
00:48You, Ronel Buenaventura, do swear that the evidence you shall give in the case now offending between the Philippines and
00:55Vice President Cyrus Zimmerman Duterte,
00:57shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you out.
01:01Yes, thanks very much.
01:06Attorney Ronel, naunawaan niyo po ba yung inyong pinanumpaan?
01:10Yes, Your Honor.
01:12Kindly make your offer, Attorney May.
01:14Thank you, Your Honor.
01:15Your Honor, we are offering the testimony of Attorney Ronel Buenaventura to prove the following.
01:21Number one, billions worth of transactions passed through the accounts of the respondent and her husband.
01:30Mula 2007 hanggang 2025, 4.4 billion ang iniulat sa AMLC.
01:38Ito ang kabuuhang halaga ng mga transaksyon ni VP Sara at Attorney Manasse Scarpio.
01:43Iniulat ang mga ito ng mga bangko at iba pang covered persons dahil malaki o kahina-hinala.
01:50Hindi pa ito ang lahat ng dumaan sa kanilang mga account.
01:55Number two, at least 1.6 billion came in, at least 1.3 billion went out, and no record shows
02:05where it went.
02:05May 1.6 billion na natukoy na pumasok sa mga account ng mag-asawa.
02:10At 1.3 billion naman ang natukoy na lumabas.
02:141.4 billion pa ang hindi matukoy kung pumasok o lumabas.
02:19At ang mga ito ay base pa lamang sa mga CTRs at STRs na isinumiti sa AMLC.
02:25Samantala, walang cash na idineklara sa kanyang salen para sa 2020 hanggang 2024.
02:33At sa mga lumabas, wala nang bakas kung saan ito napunta.
02:38Number three, even after a bank corrected its own error,
02:434.4 billion in aggregate transactions remained.
02:456.77 billion ang iniulat ng AMLC sa House noong Abril 2026.
02:53Sa kabila ng pagtatama ng BPI sa diumanoy sarili nitong pagkakamali sa sistema,
02:594.4 billion suspicious at cover transactions pa rin ang natitira.
03:05Number four, her husband walked out of two banks with 41 million in cash in a single day.
03:13Sa loob lamang ng isang araw, noong Agosto 6, 2024,
03:1841 million ang kinuha na cash ni Atty. Carpio.
03:2223 million sa BDO at 18 million sa PNB.
03:26Pero sa kanyang 2024 salen, walang cash na idineklara.
03:32Number five, a person allegedly linked to illegal drugs bought checks naming the respondent as beneficiary.
03:39Noong 2011 at 2012, bumili si Samuel Kang Uy, isang taong diumanoy may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga,
03:48at ang kanyang mga anak ng mga tseke na si VP Sara ang beneficiaryo.
03:5514,881,692 pesos and 14 centavos ang kabuuhang halaga.
04:02Sila ang naglabas ng pera, pero si VP Sara ang tumanggap nito.
04:07Number six, banks and insurers flagged them again and again.
04:1434 na suspicious transaction report ang nasa file ng respondent.
04:2027 derogatory report ang isinampa tungkol sa kanya.
04:25At 70 naman tungkol kay Atty. Carpio.
04:28Ang mga dahilan, graft and corrupt practices at malversation of public funds.
04:35Posibleng kaugnayan sa iligal na droga.
04:37At mga transaksyong konektado sa anomalya sa flood control.
04:42Hindi ito iisang alarma.
04:44Paulit-ulit itong babala mula sa iba't ibang institusyon sa loob ng maraming taon.
04:51Number seven, money from China poured into a food manufacturing company of her husband.
04:57Ang Kale 88 Foods Corporation na itinatag lamang noong 2021 at 47.5% ng shares ay hawak ni Atty.
05:08Carpio ay tumanggap ng 319 million na remittance mula sa mga kumpanya sa China.
05:15Tatlo rito ang iniulat ng banko bilang kahinahinala.
05:19Walang legal o trade obligation, walang layunin, at walang katwirang pang ekonomiya.
05:28Number eight, their companies moved billions more.
05:33Mula 2022 hanggang 2025, halos 4.5 billion ang kabuuhang pumasok at lumabas sa 15 korporasyon kung saan may interes
05:43ang mag-asawa.
05:45Iba pa ito sa 44.4 billion na pumasok at lumabas sa accounts ng mag-asawa.
05:53Number nine, every figure comes from the bank's own reports.
05:57Ang lahat ng ito ay galing sa sariling ulat ng mga banko at insurer na tinanggap, itinago, at isinumite ng
06:04AMLC sa hukumang ito noong July 30, 2026.
06:09Number ten, banks and insurers report these transactions because this is how dirty money moves.
06:19Inaatasan ng bata sa mga banko, insurer, at iba pang covered person na i-report sa AMLC ang malalaking transaction
06:26sa cash at mga transaction kahinahinala dahil dito karaniwang dumadaan ang perang galing sa iligal na gawain.
06:33And number eleven, such other matters relevant to the instant impeachment case, including the powers and functions of the AMLC,
06:41the laws and rules on covered and suspicious transactions, and the procedures the AMLC followed in complying with the subpoenas
06:48of this honorable court.
07:03Unaaso monta sa mar để luca a ca tears, imok hard ti ko, ins Bruce Lee.
07:04Tybu kum ausp oti kayikonkut.
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