Duterte: Trillanes closed SG account online days before trip

President Rodrigo Duterte said that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV closed his bank account in Singapore before he signed a waiver and flew out of the country to disprove the Chief Executive’s claims.

Duterte was referring to Trillanes’ trip to Singapore on September 19 in an attempt to prove that Duterte’s allegations of offshore accounts were untrue.

“He terminated it online on September 8, 2017 past 10 p.m. then left for Singapore,” Duterte said in an interview that aired on state-run People’s Television on Friday.

The interview was taped on Tuesday night in Malacañang.

Trillanes had previously signed waivers for supposed offshore accounts circulated on social media, as well as one mentioned by Duterte in a previous interview. Earlier this month, the senator visited DBS Bank in Singapore, where he was told that the supposed accounts did not exist.

Duterte responded by saying he had simply made up the account number to fool Trillanes. The senator responded by saying that it proved that Duterte was a liar, and dared the President to sign waivers to open up his bank accounts.

Trillanes has filed a suit against Duterte before the Office of the Ombudsman, accusing the Chief Executive of having hidden wealth in his bank accounts.

On Duterte's latest claims,  Trillanes has said these were new "inventions."

In a statement, Trillanes said he was willing to sign waivers for these new supposed accounts, which Duterte claimed in an interview that aired on state-run People’s Television on Friday.

"Mga bagong imbento ni Duterte. Anyway, that's an obvious diversion from his billion peso bank accounts that were confirmed by the Ombudsman," Trillanes said.

"Nonetheless, first thing on Monday, I would sign waivers for these accounts so that the AMLC can look into and examine them. Wala nang drama kasi wala akong tinatago. What about you Mr. Duterte kelan ka magpapakalalaki at pipirma ng waivers?" he added. —JST, GMA News