Former government official Rodolfo Lozad

Former government official Rodolfo Lozada (L) a key witness in the corruption probe is comforted by his sister Carmen Lozada (R) during the Senate hearing in Manila February 18, 2008. Lozada surrendered half a million pesos (12,273 USD) to the senate during the hearing. The cash contained in an envelope was given by a Cabinet official to Lozada as his pocket money while in Hong Kong to avoid giving evidence before the senate hearing where President Gloria Arroyo's husband Jose Miguel Arroyo and political ally Benjamin Abalos are implicated in corruption scandal involving the national broadband network deal with China's state-run ZTE Corp. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)