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To: Mark Bartlett who wrote (38729)	8/10/1999 10:19:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116782

8/10/99 - Philippine ex-solicitor general protests alleged Marcos cover-up BERN, Switzerland, Aug 10, 1999 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX) -- The Philippines" former solicitor general has filed a complaint in Switzerland, accusing officials of suppressing new evidence of assets linked to the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the Swiss federal prosecutor"s office said Tuesday. In June, Francisco Chavez claimed he had evidence that an account in Switzerland containing dlrs 13.4 billion belongs to Marcos" youngest daughter, Irene Marcos-Araneta. He said he also has proof that Marcos" widow, Imelda, has a separate Swiss bank account covering 800,000 ounces of gold. Chavez accused Swiss authorities, Swiss banks, and the Swiss lawyer of the Philippine government of covering up the existence of the alleged huge accounts. His formal criminal complaint targets Zurich district attorney Dieter Jann, his former colleague Peter Cosandey, several Swiss lawyers and employees of the banking giant UBS AG. Chavez" complaint has been passed on to Zurich and Geneva state prosecutors and to the Federal Banking Commission, the federal prosecutor"s office said. It makes allegations of money laundering, passive corruption, abuse of authority and aiding perpetrators of an offense. Philippine officials expressed doubt over Chavez" claims of new evidence of billions of dollars in Marcos-linked wealth. Swiss bank officials and investigators denied that such accounts exist. In June, Jann said Swiss authorities have located the account referred to by Chavez, but it has no connection to the Marcos family. He said investigations have found no such large sums at UBS, and that it would be impossible for such an amount to remain undiscovered. Chavez also claimed that 1,241 tons of Marcos gold is stashed in an underground bunker at Zurich airport. Jann said the alleged gold has never been found. Since Marcos was ousted in a popular revolt in 1986, succeeding governments have claimed he illegally amassed billions of dollars during his 20 years in power. Nowhere near that amount has been found, with the largest chunk being dlrs 590 million in earlier-identified Swiss accounts. That money has been transferred to an escrow account in a Philippine bank while legal cases against the Marcoses continue. Marcos and his wife repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. (gm) Copyright 1999 Associated Press, All rights reserved.