US EditionPhilippines Arrests 7 in Major Flood Control Corruption Case
Seven suspects face graft, malversation, and falsification charges over a P289.5-million flood control project in Oriental Mindoro, with arrests announced by President Marcos Jr.
- On Monday, November 24, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced authorities arrested seven people linked to the flood control scam, including one by the NBI and six by the PNP-CIDG.
- The probe stems from a P289.5-million road dike project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, with investigations covering at least 9,855 projects worth more than 545 billion pesos.
- NBI operatives arrested Dennis Pelo Abagon at a Quezon City residence using a battering ram, seizing burner phones with newly purchased SIM cards while six other suspects voluntarily surrendered.
- The arrested suspects will remain in NBI custody while their trials proceed, as Sandiganbayan issued arrest warrants against resigned AKO-BICOL Party-list representative Zaldy Co and others, some of whom remain at large.
- Religious groups are organising protests, including the Nov. 30 Trillion Peso March backed by the Roman Catholic Church, amid warnings that revelations may weaken investor sentiment and prompt more corruption cases from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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The Sandiganbayan has ordered the detention at the Quezon City jail of seven of the 16 accused in the graft and malversation cases involving the P289-million substandard flood control project in Oriental Mindoro.
Philippine President says 7 suspects in corruption scandal have been detained, others being sought
Massive corruption has been blamed for substandard or non-existent flood control projects in the poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country long prone to deadly floods and extreme weather
Philippine president says 7 suspects in corruption scandal have been detained, others being sought
MANILA: Philippine authorities detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday (Nov 24) as he tried to quell public outrage over the brazen anomalies that have implicated powerful members of Congre
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