Janet Lim-Napoles. 黑料社 FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥揂lleged pork scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles听pleaded not guilty on Thursday during her arraignment for plunder charges at the听antigraft听court听Sandiganbayan.
Her arraignment officially starts the trial on the country鈥檚 biggest corruption scandal so far under the Aquino administration, which involves the alleged pillaging of some P10 billion from lawmakers鈥� Priority Development Assistance (PDAF) funds.
Napoles听is accused of conspiring with senators, congressmen and other public officials who got kickbacks of as high as 50 percent kickbacks in ghost projects of听Napoles鈥� bogus nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs. The PDAF funds were meant to ease rural poverty.Also charged with plunder are Senators Juan Ponce听Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr. and听Jinggoy听Estrada. Revilla and Estrada have both surrendered to the police after warrants for their arrest were issued.
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