AP Wire
A Philippine senator has been arrested after a court ordered his arrest on a nonbailable charge of plunder. The special Sandiganbayan anti-graft court issued a warrant for Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s arrest on Friday on a graft charge that was bailable. He then surrendered and was released on bail. Estrada, 63, has strongly denied allegations mainly by a former government public works engineer. The engineer claims Estrada received more than 570 million pesos, or $9.3 million, in kickbacks from flood control projects. Estrada continues to deny any wrongdoing.