Duterte Stops Philippine Sweepstakes Office’s Lotteries, Games
- Philippine leader says corruption massive in organization
- Duterte says he won’t honor any court orders to stop probe
President Rodrigo Duterte
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President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police and military to stop all lotteries and gaming activities run by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, accusing the agency of corruption.
“The ground is massive corruption involving all, even the courts,” Duterte said in a speech posted on the presidential communication office’s Facebook account on Friday.