BY JAMES HOOKWAY
A former Philippines military chief caught up in a corruption probe died after shooting himself in the chest at his mother's graveside, witnesses said Tuesday, an apparent casualty of a deepening effort across parts of Asia to stamp out graft.
Witnesses interviewed by local radio stations at a Manila cemetery said retired Gen. Angelo Reyes sent his children to a waiting car at the cemetery before a single shot was heard. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a city hospital. Officials are awaiting the results of an autopsy before ruling whether Gen. Reyes—who was accused in a Philippine Senate ...
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