MANILA (2ND UPDATE) - Casino junket operator Kim Wong on Tuesday washed his hands of the $81-million laundering heist and instead blamed dismissed Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) branch manager Maia Santos-Deguito and two foreigners.

Speaking before the Senate, Wong said one of the two foreigners was a junket operator and a "high-roller" in the casino industry.

“Dalawang foreigners ang nagpasok ng $81 million. Isa sa kanila ay matagal ng labas-pasok sa Pilipinas at kilalang junket agent at isang high roller,” he said.

Wong said he had prepared for the Senate a sealed envelope containing copies of the passports of the two foreigners.

Senators prodded him to open the envelope and disclose the names of the two foreigners. Wong later identified the two as Gao Shuhua from Beijing and Ding Zhize from Macau, China.

Wong said Gao had been his "junket agent" since 2007. He also said Gao once lost P450 million during a week of gambling in Solaire.

He also claimed that Deguito alone approved the documents for the RCBC dollar accounts opened in May 2015, which received the stolen funds from the Bangladesh Bank in February 2016.

Wong added that he only referred one foreigner - Gao - to Deguito, contrary to her earlier claim that she met the owners of the four dollar accounts at Solaire casino through Wong's referral.

Wong said he met Deguito and Gao at his office in Solaire in 2015 to open the dollar account.

During their meeting, Wong claimed that Deguito suggested a corporate account and that she needed the names of 5 people to open the account. He also claimed that Deguito asked for $2,500 to open the accounts, which Gao approved.

DAY OF HEIST

In his testimony, Wong claimed that he received a message from Gao on February 4, 2016 about his plan to invest in the Philippines.

He said Gao wanted to close his souring casino business in Macau and invest instead in casino junkets in Manila.

The next day, Wong said he received instructions from Gao and Ding that they would be getting a huge amount of money in the dollar accounts in Deguito's branch. When Wong initially checked with Deguito, however, the money had not come in.

Deguito then called several times to say that several dollar deposits - $6 million, $25 million, $30 million and $20 million - had come in.

This jibes with the account of Sen. Teofisto Guingona III that a total of 35 payment instructions came out allowing the transfer of funds from the Bangladesh Bank account in the New York Federal Reserve. Only five payment instructions, however, were allowed before the transactions were stopped.

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Wong said of the $81 million stolen funds, an estimated $63 million went to Solaire while an estimated $17 million went to Philrem.

Wong said at least 80 million pesos in cash were then delivered by Philrem's Concon Bautista and another 20 million pesos in cash by Deguito on the same day, February 5.

Philrem president Salud Bautista, however, said she personally delivered 80 million pesos, and not 90 million pesos, to Solaire. She said the money was received by Weikang Xu, who has been described as a "registered" junket agent in the gaming business.

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WONG PICKED UP MONEY AT BAUTISTA'S HOUSE

During the hearing, Wong showed a photo of Deguito's car being serviced by the valet at Solaire at 7:57 p.m. on February 5.

He also showed a photo of the 100 million pesos being deposited at Solaire at 8:07 p.m. Wong said he took the photo himself.

After the transaction, Wong claimed he had dinner with Deguito and Concon Bautista at a Korean restaurant inside Solaire.

He said he also picked up a total of 300 million pesos and $5 million in cash from Bautista's house on February 9, February 10, and February 14.

The 300 million pesos went to a junket agent in Solaire, Wong said.

He said Gao and Ding wanted the $5 million to themselves, which he said was not part of the deal.

"Ang gentlemen's agreement, walang kukuning cash. Wala sa rules eh. So kaya natira ang $4.63 million dahil nag-aaway na kami. Ang kinuha nila $370,000. Nagagalit na ako kasi wala sa usapan na kukuha ng cash. Kasi itong negosyo namin usapan lang eh, tiwala lang. Sabi ko, 'Niloloko niyo na ako,'" he said.

Wong claimed the $4.63 million was still in safekeeping at Solaire and that he is willing to return the money to the Bangladesh Bank.