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Philippine ex-Speaker Romualdez faces plunder charges over $118M kickbacks

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Philippine prosecutors have filed a plunder case against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and others, alleging they accepted over 7.44 billion pesos (US$118 million) in illicit commissions and kickbacks. The funds were reportedly funneled from contractors involved in government projects between 2022 and 2025. Following the filing of the case, an anti-corruption court issued arrest warrants, and Romualdez was arrested at a medical center where he was being treated for a cardiovascular event. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · SCMP’s Asia desk ·

    Philippine ex-speaker stashed billions of pesos ‘he could no longer hide’: prosecutors

    Martin Romualdez, a cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, accumulated so much wealth over the past three years that he had to convert it into mansions and shares to avoid scrutiny, the Office of the Ombudsman alleged on Tuesday – a day after filing a plunder case a…

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