Manila, Philippines — Veteran Philippine politician Juan Ponce Enrile, a top aide of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was on Friday acquitted of charges he plundered three million dollars from state coffers, a court ruling showed.
The former senator and ex-defense minister, now 100 and one of the country's most prominent politicians, was declared not guilty of the crime of plunder, defined as large-scale corruption, after a trial lasting 10 years.
Prosecutors...
Manila, Philippines — Veteran Philippine politician Juan Ponce Enrile, a top aide of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was on Friday acquitted of charges he plundered three million dollars from state coffers, a court ruling showed.
The former senator and ex-defense minister, now 100 and one of the country's most prominent politicians, was declared not guilty of the crime of plunder, defined as large-scale corruption, after a trial lasting 10 years.
Prosecutors...
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