The Swiss national also claimed that Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown had agreed to receive the payment and to forward it to him in installments, but Rewcastle-Brown denied this.
Brown told ST that Justo was "full of untruths" and described the allegation as "bunkum".
Justo, in an interview in prison in Bangkok, told ST that the deal on the sale of information was reached in Singapore in February after he met a group of people which included Rewcastle-Brown.
"I gave the original documents without any kind of alteration.
"I can say that I gave those documents to two groups of people.
"One was Ms Rewcastle-Brown and 'her IT guy' and the other was the Malaysian businessman and his colleague," he was quoted as saying.
ST said it was withholding the name of the businessman pending verification, adding that Justo had showed them a copy of the 22-page confession he made to Thai police, in which he named the people he had met in Singapore to discuss the sale of the data.
Justo said the buyer had offered him cash, and the arrangement was for him to go to Singapore every week or so to receive an envelope with the payment in installments for months until the final amount was paid.
He added that he refused the offer.
He said he had earlier tried 3 times to open account with different banks in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong, but was refused each time without being told the reason.
According to the report, Justo claimed that Rewcastle-Brown then agreed to receive the US$2 million from the buyer and send him US$250,000 a month for consultancy services, but added that he did not know if she received the money as he was then arrested.
- TMI
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