Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has asked the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division to allow him leave his place of detention for four hours on June 4 in order to be with his mother, former Sen. Loi Ejercito Estrada, on her 86th birthday.

The younger Estrada is detained at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame over plunder and graft charges he is facing in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scam.

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