41.   Four Sampoong Department Store executives were arrested last week on charges of bribing city officials.

42.   Four Sampoong executives were arrested last week on charges of bribing city officials.

43.   Gandia Torres was accused of hiding the fugitives, while Ramos was accused of bribing prison officials.

44.   Four Sampoong executives were arrested last week for bribing city officials.

45.   He has been on trial for six months accused of bribing tax officials inspecting his Fininvest media empire.

46.   He said such wedding gifts are often used by businessmen to bribe government officials.

47.   He was arrested after trying to bribe the officials, the paper said.

48.   He said it is customary to bribe government officials at each stage of construction and obtaining permits.

49.   In a separate case, three men were arrested Monday on charges of bribing an official at the Japan Highway Public Corp., police said.

50.   In the past, many offenses went unpunished or were solved by bribing police officials.