Estrada set to return to jail

Estrada set to return to jail

MANILA (AP): Ousted President Joseph Estrada is well enough to leave a military hospital and return to his remote detention cell, his doctors told an anti-graft court on Wednesday.

The report by Dr. Salvador Flores said Estrada suffers several ailments but they are not worsening and present "no compelling reasons to institute additional treatment."

The court ruled last week that Estrada, arrested April 25 on accusations of massive corruption, must leave the hospital and return to a special detention center south of Manila as soon as he is fit to do so.

Police said they plan to transfer Estrada back to the center on June 19, the day after he is to make an initial court appearance.

But Estrada lawyer Rene Saguisag said he will ask the court to allow Estrada to be detained throughout his upcoming trial at police headquarters in Manila.