MANILA, March 6 Kyodo A Philippin...

MANILA, March 6 Kyodo

A Philippine anti-graft court upon Thursday allowed the jailed son of ousted President Joseph Estrada to office bail, saying the prosecutors failed to convince the court that the younger Estrada was a ''conspirator.''

Jose Estrada, a former mayor and an actor, has been detained at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center along with his father. one as well as the other stand accused of effects an offense punishable by death.

Father and son were arrested upon April 25, 2001. Both have been complaining of various ailments to justify their plea for bail or house arrest.

In a 31-page resolution, the Sandiganbayan said it was not convinced that the younger Estrada conspired with his father in amassing wealth by the agency of an illegal numbers game called jueteng

Moreover, the court said that Jose was not a ''flight risk.''

''He has not ominously shown by way of word or deed, that he is of that kind a flight risk that would necessitate his continued incarceration. Bearing in mind his bearing social standing and his personal circumstances the possibility of his escape in this case be seens remote if not nil,'' the court said.

For his temporary liberty, the court required Jose to support bail of 500,000 peso (about $9115)

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