MANILA, Oct 24 Kyodo A Philippine...

MANILA, Oct 24 Kyodo

A Philippine antigraft court granted permission Friday to jailed former President Joseph Estrada to visit his sick 98-year-old mother and view a doctor for back pain.

The Sandiganbayan antigraft court rul that Estrada, 66 can temporarily leave his detention enclosed space inside a military camp in Rizal, about 50 kilometers east of Manila, at 5 a.m. Sunday to visit his mother at her house in a San Juan suburb Estrada is allowed to stay revealed of jail for up to 36 hours, it said.

Estrada's mother, Mary Marcelo Ejercito, has been suffering from Parkinson's disease and aneurysm.

The court also allowed Estrada to visit a hospital in Manila's Makati financial district to endure an MRI scan Monday. The medical checkup will determine the cause of lower back pains that Estrada has been complaining about.

The court said Estrada should be immediately brought back to his detention jail after the medical checkup, which is reckon uponed to last about three hours.

Estrada was jailed onward graft charges in April 2000 following his ouster in a ''people power'' rebel in January that year.

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