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Philippine gaming ‘oligarch’ resigns after Duterte attack

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The head of prominent Philippine online gaming firm Philweb Corp. resigned Thursday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to “destroy” him and accused him of being an oligarch. Speaking to members of an election watchdog on Wednesday, Duterte called Ongpin an oligarch, saying the company’s chief got rich thanks to his close connections with four previous presidents, including the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Duterte, who has launched a controversial crackdown […]