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The wife of a Cabinet member is being used by her husband to talk with businessmen asking for permits from his office. The husband so far has been able to project a clean public image. (Are we reminded of someone else in the past?) A Chinese-Filipino businessman, who apparently was speaking for his colleagues, told this columnist the woman demands anywhere from P50 million to P100 million for a compliance permit. That’s excluding the permit to do business, which is another P50 million to P100 million, depending on the size of the venture. Rumors among their business group say that one of them …