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Philippine president’s cousin charged with plunder over US$118 million flood scandal

Philippine prosecutors filed a criminal charge on Monday against a lawmaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal involving bogus flood-control projects. The case came more than a year after Marcos put the so-called “ghost” infrastructure projects, believed to have cost Filipino taxpayers billions of dollars, centre stage in a…

Philippine president’s cousin charged with plunder over US$118 million flood scandal

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