Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Atty. Matthew M. David leaves the ICI Building. He refused to give a comment on Remulla’s statement that freeze orders had been issued on the assets of Senators Joel Villanueva, Jinggoy Estrada, AKO BICOL Party List Rep. Zaldy Co, former Caloocan Rep. Mitch Cajayon-Uy, and former DPWH officials Roberto Bernardo and Henry Alcantara. | via Kaxandra Salonga, ABS-CBN News | ABS-CBN News

ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio slammed the Anti-Money Laundering Council over its supposed inability to stop alleged acts of corruption by DPWH officials in relation to flood control projects. “‘Di po napigilan ang mga ganito kalaking suspicious transactions. I mean, withdrawing huge sums of cash. Sino ba ang nagta-transact ng ganito kalaki in cash?” Tinio asked. Prior to this, AMLC budget sponsor Rep. Ma. Isabel Sagarbarria said the agency conducts “supervision over covered persons,” which inc