Detained ex-Philippine leader faces new graft case

July 18th, 2012

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Detained ex-Philippine leader faces new graft case

AP – Philippine prosecutors filed a non-bailable corruption charge Monday against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, which she said was aimed at ensuring she remains in detention as she fights to be released on bail in a separate vote-tampering case. Renato Bocar, executive clerk of the special Sandiganbayan anti-graft court, said the new plunder, or high-level corruption, complaint accuses Arroyo and nine other former government officials of misuse of 365 million pesos ($8.7 million) in state lottery funds from 2008 to 2010, when she stepped down from nine turbulent years in power. The maximum penalty for plunder is life in prison, confiscation of stolen funds and disqualification from public office for life. Read article

Tags: Asia, corruption, politics