Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that Zaldy Co, a suspect in a corruption scandal, has been detained in Prague, Czech Republic. Efforts are currently underway to facilitate his repatriation back to the Philippines.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Thursday night that a key suspect in a corruption scandal that has sparked public outrage in the Philippines has been arrested in the Czech Republic and that efforts were under way to repatriate the former lawmaker. Zaldy Co, who resigned from the House of Representatives in September after being implicated in financial anomalies involving flood control projects, was detained by authorities in Prague after crossing into the Central European...