Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Philippines governor case / China reporting tool / Myanmar ex-FDA director

Sandiganbayan junks Palawan governor's bid for reinvestigation of graft case.  The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan denied Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez's bid to have his graft case, stemming from alleged anomalies in a water supply project approved in 2014, be returned to the Office of the Ombudsman for a new investigation, saying there were no new evidence presented.

Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/nation/224829-sandiganbayan-junks-palawan-governor-jose-alvarez-bid-reinvestigation-graft-case

 

China’s corruption watchdog probes officials’ personal details.  In the past two years, false declarations on the 16-page “Leading Cadres’ Personal Matters Report Form” have led to the downfall of a number of high-ranking officials at the hands of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) watchdog authorized to conduct random checks on the forms.

William Zheng/South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2188227/chinas-corruption-watchdog-probes-officials-personal-details

 

Mandalay Court Charges Ex-FDA Director With Graft.  A Mandalay Region court charged U Than Htut, the former director-general of the Health and Sports Ministry’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with bribery after hearing from more than 30 prosecution witnesses since May.

De Hlaing Winn/The Irrawaddy:https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mandalay-court-charges-ex-fda-director-graft.html

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