IT started with a raid on a Chinese-run online gambling center north of Manila, where hundreds of foreigners and Filipinos were forced to run scams or risk torture.

Then came explosive allegations that the local mayor was involved in the illicit operation — and that she was a Chinese masquerading as a Filipina.

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