EXPLAINER: Romualdez faces transfer to Payatas jail if detained
Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez may be transferred to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas if detained on plunder charges, the same facility housing fellow lawmakers. The jail is equipped to handle high-profile detainees.
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