| Junior army officers who were recruited to take part in a coup against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have turned themselves in, a senior general said on Saturday. "Many young officers have started surrendering for fear of getting arrested," the general told Reuters, saying the army was expanding its investigation to pin down the masterminds and financiers of the plot. Arroyo, who survived a crisis last year over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption, invoked emergency rule on Friday, citing a "systematic conspiracy" against her by members of the opposition, communists and "military adventurists". The officers were apparently the first to admit the existence of a plan to destabilise the Arroyo government. |