Among them was Thomas Chan, an executive director of the company who was arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in the same investigation last month.

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Lo then approached the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

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Rather than pursue allegations of corruption against Luis Miquilena, the president of the legislative commission and the second-most-powerful figure in the government, the public prosecutor has handed the matter to the Supreme Court.

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Many observers in Nigeria regarded the charges as a publicity stunt by the financial crimes commission ahead of national elections in April and as a symbolic effort to display resolve against government corruption.

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This week, the country's ousted prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, appealed to the Supreme Court against his imprisonment on corruption charges by an extra-judicial tribunal, the Royal Commission on Corruption Control.

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