MANILA - PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has accepted the resignation of the Philippines's top prison official after an ex-governor convicted of killing an aide walked out of prison undetected.
Mr Aquino said on Monday the resignation of Ernesto Diokno as director of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Corrections would initiate wide-ranging reforms in Philippine prisons - notorious for jailbreaks, congestion and corruption among guards.
Former provincial governor Antonio Leviste was arrested on May 18 near his office in the Makati financial district in the capital. Leviste said he left prison without permission to see a dentist.
Mr Diokno and other prison officials may face administrative and criminal complaints. -- AP
