When Alexander Nix, the recently suspended boss of Cambridge Analytica, went to Manila in May 2015, he did more than deliver a talk on his new method of managing elections. According to the South China Morning Post, Nix dined with Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña and Peter Tiu Laviña, cousins who later played key roles in Rodrigo Duterte’s presidential campaign. SCL Group, the entity which controlled Cambridge Analytica, appeared to once boast on its website that it had been a crucial player in Duterte’s 2016 election victory, driving a campaign promising a violent crackdown on crime. Nix could be investigated for meddling in the Philippines’ 2016 presidential election, according to the country’s former polls chief.