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MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada for charges of plunder and graft.
Estrada eventually surrendered to agents of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) after holding a press conference at the Senate.
Aside from Estrada, also ordered arrested were former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan and former engineering officials of the agency’s National Capital Region office, assistant district engineer Denryl Caesar Cortuna and district engineers Manny Bulusan and Arturo Gonzales Jr.
The court order came even after Estrada’s camp on Monday filed an omnibus motion in a bid to halt the issuance of the plunder arrest warrant that would put him and his coaccused behind bars.
