MANILA, Philippines — Cale88 Foods Corporation, a company partly owned by lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, received P319.3 million in remittances from China, an Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) official testified Monday.
AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura said the remittances to Cale88 totaled P319,326,770.41, based on covered and suspicious transaction reports submitted to the impeachment court.
Under questioning by private prosecutor Mae Divinagracia, Buenaventura said the AMLC records did not specifically identify the source of the funds but listed Yiwu Yunnong Import and Export (C) as the closest corresponding counterparty, with an address in Chengxi, China.
He said the transaction was flagged as suspicious because the records indicated no underlying legal or trade obligation, purpose or economic justification.
The prosecution presented a covered transaction report involving P4,397,353.29 transferred to Cale88 by Yiwu Yunnong Import and Export.
The testimony formed part of the prosecution’s presentation of AMLC records covering financial transactions involving Duterte and Carpio from 2007 to 2025.
Buenaventura earlier testified that the couple was linked to more than P4.4 billion in aggregate reported transactions during the period.
He also testified that 15 corporations in which Duterte has an interest had combined inflows and outflows of more than P4.55 billion from 2022 to 2025.
Buenaventura also confirmed that Samuel Cang Uy, also known as Sammy Uy, purchased a manager’s check worth P14.8 million naming Duterte as beneficiary.
Buenaventura identified a table showing Duterte as a beneficiary of checks purchased by former President Rodrigo Duterte, Samantha Jayne Yenco Uy, Samuel Cang Uy and Yaneile Yenco Uy.
Uy, a Davao-based businessman and campaign donor of former President Rodrigo Duterte, has previously been accused by former senator Antonio Trillanes IV of having financial transactions with members of the Duterte family.
At a press conference last Friday, Trillanes presented what he described as transactions between Uy and members of the Duterte family totaling more than P180 million.
Trillanes alleged that Uy was involved in illegal drug activities.
