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Aquino Sacks his Prison Chief

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Jun 01, 2011
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Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III has forced the resignation of the country’s prisons chief after publication of a case that highlights the culture of impunity for wealthy wrongdoers.

Ernesto Diokno, a personal friend of Aquino’s, was forced out Tuesday after television cameras caught Antonio Leviste, the former governor of Batangas Province, i…

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