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The Philippines’ anti-graft court on Monday ordered the transfer of Martin Romualdez, former House Speaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., from a hospital to a regular jail a week after his arrest, OCCRP partner Rappler reported. Romualdez is accused of plunder in a 7.44-billion-peso ($118 million) case.

Former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has been arrested over allegations that he helped collect billions of pesos in kickbacks from government infrastructure projects.

Tens of thousands of people gathered Monday at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand for the second day of a three-day protest, demanding accountability for alleged corruption in government-funded flood-control projects.

The Filipino House of Representatives has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte over allegations of conspiracy to assassinate President Marcos Jr., corruption, and extrajudicial killings, setting the stage for a Senate trial that could remove her from office.