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A former communications chief at a ministry has resolved a corruption investigation by paying a compound after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission accepted representations in the matter.
A Philippine senator who is the son of a former president has turned himself in to authorities after courts issued an arrest warrant related to unlawful payments tied to an infrastructure scheme that triggered mass demonstrations.
Philippine authorities have brought criminal charges against a senator implicated in a major graft scheme centred on phoney flood mitigation initiatives.