abstract:The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) is an official entity of Macau responsible for the prevention, investigation and (probably) prosectution of corrupt activities. It was established in the Special Administrative Region in 1999 after China resumed sovereignty, pursuant to article 59 of the its Basic Law and modelled after Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Mr.Aquino says he will immediately form an independent commission to investigate corruption allegations against Ms.Arroyo and other scandals under her term.
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Among them was Thomas Chan, an executive director of the company who was arrested by the Independent CommissionAgainstCorruption in the same investigation last month.
Rather than pursue allegations of corruptionagainst 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.