Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Thursday that Zaldy Co — a former congressman and key figure in a major public works corruption scandal — has been arrested in Prague after entering the Czech Republic without proper documentation. Co had been a fugitive since July 2025, when Marcos publicly exposed widespread corruption in government infrastructure spending, with Co alleged to be the mastermind behind budget manipulation and linked to billions of pesos in questionable contracts awarded to construction firm Sunwest. Marcos said Philippine authorities are coordinating with the Czech government to extradite Co, who faces multiple graft charges before the Sandiganbayan (the Philippines' dedicated anti-corruption court) over allegations including a substandard flood control project worth roughly 289 million pesos.