Sandiganbayan: Jinggoy may have been negligent, but no criminal intent

  MANILA, Philippines --- Senator Jinggoy Estrada may have been negligent of his duties as he did not scrutinize transactions relating to his priority development assistance fund (PDAF), but it did not show any criminal intent according to the Sandiganbayan. In its 396-page decision on Friday, Sandiganbayan's Fifth Division said that while it was Estrada who signed the endorsement letters --- which eventually led to the transfer of his PDAF to fake non-government organizations created by convicted pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles --- such act cannot prove the Senator's criminal intent. Estrada was acquitted of plunder earlier, and was instead convicted for ...Keep on reading: Sandiganbayan: Jinggoy may have been negligent, but no criminal intent

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