Sunwest Incorporatedが関与した不適切な治水工事契約を巡るザルディ・コー元議員の横領事件で、検察側は2026年4月7日、サンディガンバヤン（汚職特別裁判所）での立証手続きを終了した。マネーロンダリング防止評議会（AMLC）による証言で、Sunwest社からコー氏の口座へ8億200万ペソが振り込まれていた事実が明らかになり、同氏が同社の実質的支配者であることを裏付ける証拠となった。
マニラのサンディガンバヤンでの証言は、コー氏が係争中の契約に関与していたとする検察側の主張を補強するものとなる。この契約を巡っては、オリエンタル・ミンドロ州の2億8950万ペソ規模のプロジェクトに関し、2025年11月にコー氏ら17名に対して逮捕状が出されていた。
Rapplerのハイロ・ボレド記者が法廷から報告した。現時点で、コー氏側からのコメントは得られていない。
本記事は、ザルディ・コー氏とSunwest社による治水工事事件に関する継続報道の一部である。
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The Sandiganbayan has issued an arrest warrant and hold departure order against former lawmaker Zaldy Co and 17 others over an anomalous flood control project in Oriental Mindoro. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered authorities to enforce it immediately with no special treatment. Co, who left the Philippines in August, is willing to return under house arrest or bail due to safety fears.
サンディガンバヤン（汚職特別裁判所）は、ミンドロ・オリエンタル州の洪水制御事業における横領事件で、逃亡中のザルディ・コー議員の共犯者9名による保釈請求を棄却し、再考申し立てを退ける27ページの決定を下した。
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The Department of Justice has included a plunder complaint against fugitive former lawmaker Zaldy Co in its preliminary investigation into corruption allegations tied to flood control projects in Bulacan. DOJ spokesperson Polo Martinez stated that no counsel appeared for Co, giving him until January 15 to submit a counter-affidavit. The probe also covers former Senator Bong Revilla and Senator Joel Villanueva, both denying involvement in the anomalous projects.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure to hand over all evidence from their probe into anomalous flood control projects to the Ombudsman. This accompanies the agencies' recommendation to file plunder, graft, and bribery charges against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former congressman Zaldy Co. The Ombudsman's decision will be based on evidence from contracts and testimonies.
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Authorities seized eight luxury vehicles linked to former Rep. Elizaldy Co from a condominium parking area in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, on Thursday night, January 8. The action followed a court-issued search warrant due to missing import documentation and unpaid duties, as flagged by the Bureau of Customs. The vehicles, including a Rolls Royce and Escalade, were registered under companies and individuals connected to Co.
The Department of Justice announced that three flood control cases against SYMS Construction Trading and former DPWH officials have been transferred to Quezon City Regional Trial Court branches. DOJ spokesperson Polo Martinez said the cases were originally filed in Bulacan courts in January and February. Pre-trial hearings are set for April.
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Following the January 8 seizure of eight luxury vehicles from a Bonifacio Global City condominium, the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) denied claims of forcibly taking keys to 34 cars linked to former Rep. Elizaldy 'Zaldy' Co. Officials emphasized that all actions followed legal procedures amid probes into flood control project irregularities.