Philippine Lawmaker Charged With Plunder Over Flood Control Scandal
Prosecutors in the Philippines have formally charged lawmaker Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with plunder related to a $118 million flood control project. The case centers on allegations of misappropriated public funds that critics say worsened recent nationwide flooding.
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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 public address. Several construction firm owners, government officials and politicians have been...
By Agence France-Presse
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