Sen Jinggoy Estrada, son of a deposed president, has denied any wrongdoing but said today that he would surrender to the police accompanied by his parents and family.
He has been charged before the Sandiganbayan special anti-graft court of pocketing 183 million pesos (USD 4.2 million) in kickbacks, called plunder, and has also been accused of violating the anti-graft law.
Estrada is the second high-profile politician to face arrest and detention in recent days. Sen Ramon Revilla Jr surrendered last week and is now detained on the same plunder case.