Aquino has long been the subject of attempts by the government of President Arroyo to link him with the 2000 kidnapping and slaying of a Manila public relations executive and his driver.
While he has never been charged, Aquino has, in his absence, been at the center of several court proceedings to implicate him and a current opposition lawmaker, Senator Panfilo Lacson, in the 2000 crimes and other corruption charges.
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