MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada believes he was being singled out and that there was politics involved when authorities brought him to the police station on Sunday for allegedly violating quarantine measures in San Juan City. The current administration of San Juan does not want us to help,” he said, referring to San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora. According to the San Juan City Police chief, Col. Jaime Santos, Estrada was found to have violated social distancing measures during food distributions. In a separate statement, Zamora denied that there was politics involved in Estrada’s “arrest.”“The arrest of Mr. Jinggoy Estrada has nothing to do with politics in San Juan but has everything to do with law and order. He said Estrada has been conducting distribution of fish “in an unsanitary manner” and that social distancing was not observed.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 03, 2020 17:48 UTC