Jinggoy leaves Crame for Sandiganbayan bail hearing

Published July 8, 2014 7:55am

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is on his way to the Sandiganbayan Tuesday morning for his bail hearing in connection with charges lodged against him over the P10-billion pork barrel scam.

A convoy bearing Estrada left Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame before 8 a.m., radio dzBB reported.

Convoy of Jinggoy now ready. pic.twitter.com/TB4T3ExQLQ

— Jay Sabale (@jay2dfour) July 7, 2014

Estrada has been detained at the PNP Custodial Center after turning himself in. He faces graft and plunder charges in connection with the multibillion-peso scam.

Earlier Tuesday, suspected scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles was on her way to the Sandiganbayan as well.

Estrada faces one count of plunder and 11 counts of graft at the Sandiganbayan for the said scam.

He is accused of pocketing P183.79 million in kickbacks from dealings with fake NGOs from 2004 to 2012. The Ombudsman said Estrada chose bogus NGOs as “project partners” for livelihood projects financed by his PDAF. —Joel Locsin/KG, GMA News

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