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Sandiganbayan orders detention of ex-Sen Bong Revilla, other accused in new Quezon City jail

Published Jan 20, 2026 04:26 pm
Former senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. was ordered detained at the new Quezon City Jail in Payatas, Quezon City after his surrender on an arrest order issued by the Sandiganbayan on the non-bailable charge of malversation of public funds in the P92.8 million flood control scam in Pandi, Bulacan.
While at the Sandiganbayan personally on Tuesday, Jan. 20, Revilla also posted a P90,000 bail bond on the graft charge also filed against him.
Revilla’s co-accused in the two cases – former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez, engineer Jaypee Mendoza, Engineer R.J. Domasig, and accountant Juanito Mendoza who were also ordered detained in the Payatas jail.
Associate Justice Karl Miranda, chairperson of the Sandiganbayan’s Special Third Division, made the decision to send Revilla and his co-accused to the Payatas jail where the congestion rate is negative 18 percent.
Earlier, Philippine National Police (PNP) Acting Chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. had advised the Sandiganbayan not to send persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame, which is where Revilla's lawyer is appealing to be detained.
Nartatez told the court that the PNP’s Custodial Center has detainees and individuals charged with heinous crimes and placing Revilla there would only give them more burden.
Associate Justice Miranda said that Revilla "shall not be moved, removed, transferred, or otherwise released unless ordered by the Court.”
The anti-graft court has set for Friday, Jan. 23, the hearing on Revilla’s plea for detention at the PNP Custodial Center. His arraignment was also set on Jan. 23.
Revilla and co-accused were charged in two cases. The graft case for violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, has been docketed as SB-26-CRM-0001 and has been raffled to the court’s fourth division.
The non-bailable case of malversation of public funds through falsification of public documents under Article 217 in relation to Articles 171 and 172 of the Revised docketed and docketed as SB-26-CRM-0002 and was assigned by raffle to the court’s third division.
The court’s third division issued on Monday, Jan. 19, an arrest warrant and hold departure order (HDO) against Revilla and his co-accused.
The arrest order prompted Revilla to voluntarily surrender to place himself under the jurisdiction of the court.
Accused engineer Emelita Juat remained at large, while accused cashier Christina Mae Pineda was arrested early Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, by the PNP in Benguet.
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