The Sandiganbayan did not allow Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada to have a three-hour furlough in order to attend Mass at Pinaglabanan Church in San Juan City (Metro Manila) on his birthday today (February 17).

In a two-page ruling released before noon, the anti-graft court denied his request, saying, “As has been consistently reiterated by this court, accused cannot be accorded the full enjoyment of civil and political rights as a necessary consequence of his detention.”

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