Two former employees of the Legacy group owned by Sto. Domingo Mayor Celso delos Angeles finally appeared before the media on Thursday after being placed in protective custody of the Senate.

Carolina Hiñola, who claimed she was appointed to several positions and named in Legacy documents without her knowledge, said it was "destiny" that made her run to Parents Enabling Parents (PEP) Coalition president Philip Piccio to reveal all the anomalies happening in delos Angeles's company.

"Honestly, ang gusto lang naman namin ay masabi ang totoo. We really don't know where to go to. It's like destiny that I'm here right now," Hiñola told reporters at a press conference in Greenhills, San Juan City.

Hiñola said it was only at the time when the Legacy Group of Companies filed for dissolution that she got wind of her several positions in the pre-need company.

She said she was aware that she was the company's senior vice president, but did not know that she had also been named as chairman and president.

Another witness, Namnama Santos, the current chief finance officer of Legacy's parent company, Legacy Consolidated Plans Inc., said delos Angeles had tried to convince her to hide abroad to avoid being questioned about the supposed scam.

"Nang tinanong ko bakit ho ako pupunta sa ibang bansa, sabi niya 'Medyo mainit ang sitwasyon so better palamigin muna natin,'" Santos said.

She said delos Angeles got mad at her when she insisted on staying put.

Hiñola and Santos both said that they decided to go to Piccio for protection, because they did not know where to go to and that they are both aware of the government connections of their former boss.

(Correction: The spelling of Carolina's surname is Hiñola, not Jimeola as we earlier reported.)

Piccio, meanwhile, prevented the two witnesses from naming the people behind the Legacy scam. He said the two women will reveal all the sensitive details at a Senate hearing.

He said the two had been placed by the Senate under it's protective custody through the help of Sen. Mar Roxas.

"In the Senate, they will name names, one already came out last night," Piccio said.

Witness links congressman to Legacy scam

In a report by ABS-CBN's Ricky Carandang on Wednesday, one witness linked Parañaque Rep. Eduardo Zialcito to the Legacy scandal.

The witness said that until delos Angeles's company's collapse, he had been making regular cash payments to Zialcita.

The former Legacy employee said that from 2006 to October 2008, Zialcita had been receiving P100,000 a month in consultancy fees from the Legacy group.

The witness showed ABS-CBN a pay-to-cash cheque dated Dec. 6, 2006 from the account of Legacy Consolidated Plans Inc. The cheque was allegedly encashed by Leila Omana, a member of Zialcita's staff.

Another cheque was shown by the witness, which was dated April 11, 2007. It has an attached request for payment from Zialcita's office.

The amount was supposed to be a payment of Zialcita's consultation fees.

Asked for comment, Zialcita denied the witness' allegation. "No that's not true. There's no such thing."