Lawyers of Zaldy Co, Romualdez’s co-accused, appear for plunder pretrial

MANILA, Philippines — The lawyers of former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co made a special appearance on Friday at the Sandiganbayan Third Division during the pretrial proceeding of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez for plunder. Co and two others are among the co-accused of Romualdez in this case over alleged kickbacks worth P7.44 billion. Gabrielle