‘Bikoy’ claims he scanned Bong Go’s tattoo ‘to validate transactions’

Peter Joemel Advincula, the accuser of President Rodrigo Duterte's loved ones in a series of online videos that have since become viral, stood by his allegations that Duterte's son Paolo and former aide Bong Go were members of a drug syndicate.

Advincula, who claimed to be the hooded narrator "Bikoy" in the "Ang Totoong Narco List" videos, said that as a member of the syndicate he scanned the dragon tattoo on the back of the senatorial candidate. 

“Ilang beses din na ako mismo ang nag-iiscan ng code sa likod ni Bong Go kaya tinitiyak ko po sa inyo na may dragon tattoo siya pati na rin si Paolo Duterte," Advincula said when he faced reporters at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Go shows back

In response, Go took his shirt off anew at a press conference to show that he had no dragon tattoo on his back.

“Muli, sinasabi ko na isa lang itong black propaganda ng mga kalaban. Eleksyon ngayon. Napaka-malisyoso pa ng timing nila. Lumabas sya ngayong isang linggo na lang bago ang halalan," Go said.

"So ngayon, hubarin ko ulit ang damit ko. Tingnan nyo ng mabuti. Ito, huling beses ko ng hubarin ito. Maging uto-uto na ako kung gagawin ko pa ng pangatlong beses,” he added.

At an earlier campaign sortie in Agusan del Sur, Go first showed his back and his chest to journalists to prove that he had no dragon tattoo Bikoy claimed.

Back then, Go said he only had ventosa marks since he frequently gets massage due to the rigors of campaigning for a Senate seat.

When he showed his back again on Monday in Laguna, the ventosa massage marks were no longer visible.

Viral video

In the series of online that have since gone viral, Bikoy alleged that Paolo, Go, and Duterte's son-in-law Mans Carpio were receiving payoffs from the drug syndicate.

The videos were initially posted on a website put up by Rodel Jayme, who was taken into custody by the National Bureau of Investigation last week.

The NBI has filed a complaint for inciting to sedition against Jayme, who has expressed his willingness to cooperate with authorities to identify the persons behind the Bikoy videos.

No opposition links

Advincula denied that supporters of the Otso Diretso senatorial slate was behind the Bikoy videos as alleged by Rodel Jayme, the web administrator that the National Bureau of Investigation took into custody last week.

He also indicated that other anti-Duterte personalities and media groups were not involved in the production and dissemination of his videos as presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo alleged in his ouster plot matrix.

“Gusto kong linawin na wala akong kaugnayan sa kahit kaninong kandidato, lalo na sa mga kandidato ng Otso Diretso, o political party,” Advincula said.

“Wala rin akong kaugnayan sa mga media personalities at institusyon na pinangalanan ni Pangulong Duterte sa kaniyang matrix,” he added.

Further, Advincula denied that he knew Jayme and his “clients.”

Advincula said he was willing to appear before a Senate inquiry.

“Handa po akong humarap sa anumang imbestigasyon upang patotohanan ang lahat ng inilabas ko sa video serye,” Advincula said.

“Samahan niyo ako sa labang ito. Ito ang totoong war on drugs,” he added.

Previous denials

Paolo has dismissed the allegation as a fabrication.

"Wow ha kung makaimbento ka wagas," Paolo said in a Facebook post.

In the statement, it appeared that he already knew the person behind the video.

"Galit ka kay Waldo kasi binabara niya lahat ng smuggling mo ng bigas at asukal diba J.S. Galit ka sa akin kasi di kita pinansin sa eroplano kasi hambog ka!" Paolo said.

"Ngayon pansinin na kita kasama ng kamay ko na kasing laki ng mukha mo pag nangyari yan. Yan ang totoong balita!"

Avanceña has also cried foul over the series of online videos linking members of the presidential family to illegal drugs.

"Tell them, pag sure oi. Napaka walang hiya ko naman na nanay kung ipangalan ko sa anak ko," Avanceña told GMA News. —NB/JST, GMA News