More than 200 arrested after anti -corruption protests in the Philippines News protest

Thousands of gatherings were attended in Manila due to the corruption scandal associated with ghost control projects that cost the taxpayers billions of dollars.

More than 200 people were arrested after clashes between the police and convincing demonstrators Anti -corruption demonstration In the Philippine capital, Manila.

In a statement on Monday morning, the regional police said that while most of the gatherings the previous day were peaceful, the gathering in Ayala Bridge and Mandulele “although it is unjustified, it became very violent.”

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“The demonstrators reported that the mobs assaulted the police officers with stones and anything they could get. They are not satisfied with the harm of police officers in united demonstrators, violently ignited the demonstrators on motorcycles, sabotaging them and looting a work institution,” the statement said.

He added that the police arrested 224 suspects, some of them from the palace.

At least 131 officers were injured in the clashes, some of whom were “very dangerous”, but they are now receiving a medical treatment.

Barnabi Lu from Al -Jazeera explained that while some feeling of normal life returned to the streets of Manila on Monday morning, “There is more heavier than police than usual.”

Lu said: “The schools have been closed, and the curfew has been imposed for minors with the continued investigations into the alleged corruption in flood control projects, and it is expected that you will expect more protests, and at this stage it may not be predicted.”

On Sunday, thousands of gatherings were attended by Manila due to the corruption scandal associated with ghost -bitten flooding projects that cost the taxpayers billions of dollars.

While the protest was essentially peaceful, as more than 33,000 crowds were in a historic garden and a democratic monument in Manila, some have taken a different path.

Police said they used tear gas to disperse those who sprayed on the walls on the walls, the logical solid reality, and the shattered glass panels, and looted the budget lobby along a famous road.

None of the detainees have not yet participated in their reasons or if “someone pushed them to do so.”

“Once we know their affiliations, we can know whether they are part of the demonstrators or if they cause trouble.”

Earlier, protests erupted in other Asian countries, including Indonesia and NepalIn recent weeks on government behavior and corruption.

For the Philippines, the anger in the country has been rising since July after President Ferdinand Marcus Junior revealed ghost infrastructure projects during the state’s discourse.

Student activist Althia Trinidad told Associated Press, “

According to the Ministry of Finance, it is estimated that the Filipino economy has lost up to 118.5 billion peso (2 billion dollars) from 2023 to 2025 due to corruption in flood control projects.