More than 40 years after the alleged crime was committed, state fiscals have filed corruption charges against former government officials in connection with a P150-million behest loan that a former state bank extended to an underperforming company.

The Office of the Ombudsman submitted to the Sandiganbayan separate corruption charges against Troadio Quiazon Jr., former Trade and Industry minister of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and Manuel Morales, a member of erstwhile state-run Philippine National Bank (PNB).

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