3rd Philippine senator arrested in corruption case

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Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, center, is helped to a waiting ambulance after undergoing processing at the Philippine National Police upon his surrender on corruption charges Friday, July 4, 2014 at Camp Crame at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Enrile, 90, surrendered Friday to face a charge of large-scale corruption, the most prominent of three top politicians to fall in a government anti-graft crackdown in recent weeks.

3rd Philippine senator arrested in corruption case
By TERESA CEROJANO
Associated Press
July 4, 2014 Updated 4 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine senator and dictatorship-era defense chief surrendered Friday to face a charge of large-scale corruption, the most prominent of three top politicians snared in the government's crackdown on graft in recent weeks.

Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile was indicted and ordered arrested by an anti-graft court for allegedly receiving huge kickbacks from a scam that diverted millions of dollars from anti-poverty and development funds allotted to lawmakers.

His former chief aide in the Senate and co-accused, Jessica Lucila Reyes, also surrendered.

Enrile, 90, was the defense minister when late strongman Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial rule in 1972, the start of a 14-year dictatorship characterized by widespread human rights violations and corruption.