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DILG issues ultimatum to Zaldy, co-accused
Resigned Ako Bicol party-list representative Zaldy Co and 17 others have been ordered arrested by the Sandiganbayan in connection with an anomalous flood control project in Oriental Mindoro.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla has given them until Monday to surrender to the nearest government agency.
Remulla warned that failure to comply will result in authorities actively searching for them, considering them fugitives of justice.
He further stated that any aggressive or evasive actions by the accused would be met with a firm response, emphasizing that the full weight of the law would be used to apprehend them.
Police officers have begun searching for Co and his co-accused, even checking one of Co's condominium units, but he was not found.
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The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co and 17 others in connection with alleged corruption in a flood control project amounting to P289 million.
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