Dhaka, March 14 -- Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said that the Philippines's Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation has filed its defamation case against Bangladesh Bank to deceive their country's people.

The minister came up with the remarks after a meeting with Hiroyasu Izumi, ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh.

"RCBC officials did not act legally. I am saying this because even the Philippines Government and its Senate blamed the conduct of RCBC officials for facilitating the hack," he said.

Earlier on January 2, Bangladesh filed a case against Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) of the Philippines over the heist of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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