MANILA - Former Philippine Health Insurance Corp anti-fraud officer Thorrsson Montes Keith has sought protection and legislative immunity from the Senate as the chamber investigates his allegations o
f multibillion-peso corruption at the state health insurer.Keith, who testified under oath in a Senate hearing, has been threatened with libel charges after claiming that members of an internal "mafia" stole billions from the insurance firm's coffers.
"The Committee of the Whole will please recall the threatening language used yesterday by those identified as members of the syndicate. This morning, as the Philhealth Head Office in Pasig City, one of them was boasting of filing charges against us." "The undersigned also respectfully requests for security considering that billions of Philippine money is involved. Also, there had been various physical threats and just today an unidentified person is asking my location and identity near my hideout," he said.
The next hearing will take place on Tuesday. Two top PhilHealth officials, president and CEO Ricardo Morales and Executive Vice President and COO Arnel De Jesus, sought to be excused from the next Senate hearing, citing medical conditions.
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