Sen. Jinggoy Estrada posted ₱90,000 bail at the Sandiganbayan on Friday, May 29, over graft charges tied to the multibillion-peso flood control scandal.
He surrendered to the anti-graft court after it ordered his arrest and barred him from leaving the country, while also maintaining his innocence and invoking his right to due process.
Estrada is also facing a separate plunder charge involving alleged ₱573 million in kickbacks, which is non-bailable and may result in a warrant of arrest as early as Monday.
The graft case bail was granted as graft is bailable under Philippine law, but the plunder case remains pending before a different Sandiganbayan division.
He is not new to similar legal battles, having previously been detained over the pork barrel scam from 2014 to 2017, with several graft charges from that case still unresolved.
Source: PhilNews24 | May 30, 2026
JINGGOY ESTRADA RELEASED ON BAIL IN GRAFT CASE BUT CONTINUES TO FACE NON-BAILABLE PLUNDER CHARGE
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