Imelda Marcos Released After Posting Bail

Imelda Marcos Released After Posting Bail

Manila: The widow of former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos was released on bail on Friday after paying a 150,000 pesos ($2,850) fine imposed by the country’s anti-corruption court Sandiganbayan. Imelda Marcos, 89, arrived at the Fifth Division of Sandiganbayan in Quezon City accompanied by her son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, daughter Imee Marcos, and several grandchildren, Efe news reported. The trial focused on $200 million that was siphoned from the public treasury to private accounts in Switzerland while she was Governor of Manila from 1975 to 1986. (IANS)

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