Jinggoy Estrada seeks bail from Sandiganbayan on plunder charge
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has petitioned the Sandiganbayan to allow him to post bail for his plunder case, after the anti-graft court previously denied a motion to fix bail. The prosecution alleges Estrada was involved in a scheme involving illegal budgetary insertions for infrastructure projects.
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