Protesters urge Arroyo to resign
Hundreds of Filipinos in Hong Kong demonstrated to demand the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as she arrived for an investment conference.
The protesters, mostly domestic workers, gathered outside the five-star Grand Hyatt hotel, where Arroyo was expected to stay. They chanted slogans in the Tagalog language, saying, “Gloria Arroyo step down” and “Oust Arroyo.”
The Philippine Senate has been investigating allegations that Arroyo, her husband and a former elections chief got huge kickbacks in an aborted $330-million deal with China’s ZTE Corp. to set up a nationwide broadband network.
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