MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Philippine senators were implicated Tuesday in a massive corruption scandal involving flood-control projects that is being investigated by Congress and the government and has sparked outrage in a Southeast Asian nation prone to deadly storms and flooding.

Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva strongly denied the allegations made by Brice Ericson Hernandez, a former engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways, who testified under oath in a nationally televised House of Representatives committee on infrastructure inquiry.

In a separate Senate inquiry on Monday, two construction company owners identified at least 17 House legislators who allegedly demanded and received huge kickbacks from them.

The corruption scandal led to the resignation

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