FILE PHOTO: Senator Jinggoy Estrada inside a Sandiganbayan courtroom (UNTV News)
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan 5th Division has allowed Atty. Orlando Negdradas Jr., the financial investigator of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to attend the bail hearing of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Monday to present their investigation into the bank accounts and several properties of the Senator.
The court agreed with the prosecution that the AMLC report is important to prove that Estrada received directly from the illegal funds in his transactions in the PDAF scam.
This is to prove that there was a series of transactions between the Senator and the corporation of Janet-Lim Napoles.
The Sandiganbayan 5th Division stressed that the Senator cannot fight for his right to privacy and confidentiality in this issue because he is a government official, and the interest of the state rests on his plunder and graft case. (UNTV News)