Czech Ambassador Josef Rychtar is fully cooperating with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in its probe of the attempt of some officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to extort $30 million from a Czech company.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Rychtar has provided the NBI information about the attempted shakedown on Inekon, which expressed interest in supplying coaches for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) expansion project.

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