A former Philippine congressman, Zaldy Co, who fled the country and had his passport canceled after being charged in a significant corruption scandal, has been detained in the Czech Republic. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the arrest on Friday, stating that Co was stopped at the German border after entering from the Czech Republic without proper documentation. This development comes after Co was implicated in a corruption scandal related to flood control projects, an alleged scheme that is believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars and sparked widespread protests across the Philippines. The scandal has been a priority for President Marcos Jr., as it has impacted his popularity according to opinion polls. Co, along with other public works officials and construction firm owners, was charged in November with violating the country's anti-graft law over a flood control project in the central Philippines. Investigations have suggested that years of