00:00Senator Cheese Escudero is temporarily barred from leaving the country.
00:04This after the anti-graft court Sandigan Bayan granted the Office of the Ombudsman's request
00:09for a precautionary whole departure order. Ombudsman Boeing Remulia told Rappler on
00:13Saturday, April 25, they asked for the travel ban because Escudero is facing plunder, graft,
00:18and bribery complaints. Another source tells Rappler, the complaints and PHDO requests also
00:24include businessman Maynard Mu, Escudero's friend and campaign donor. Escudero came under scrutiny
00:29after an investigation found that Centerways Construction and Development Inc. President
00:33Lorenz Lubiano was his top donor in the 2022 elections. Former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto
00:40Bernardo also tagged Escudero in the alleged corruption, saying the senator had allegedly
00:44received 160 million pesos in kickbacks. Meantime, the Court of Appeals has ordered the freezing of
00:50the assets of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Ombudsman Remulia confirms to Rappler, Romualdez
00:56was the lawmaker referred to by the Anti-Money Laundering Council whose assets were frozen.
01:00The order freezes the following assets, 25 bank accounts and 10 insurance policies under Romualdez,
01:0627 bank accounts, 10 insurance policies, and 1 investment account under an unnamed alleged
01:11business associate, and 2 bank accounts, 7 property accounts, and 1 real estate property under an unnamed
01:18corporate entity.
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