Jinggoy Estrada ‘quick to adapt’ to jail life

Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada blows a kiss as he is whisked to his detention cell after surrendering to police authorities Monday, June 23, 2014 at Philippine National Police headquarters at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. AP

MANILA, Philippines–Because it’s his second time to be put behind bars, Senator Jinggoy Estrada did not have a hard time getting used to the environment of a confined cell.

“He was quick to adapt. We have not heard any complaints ‎from him,” Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, Philippine National Police Public Public Information Office (PNP PIO) chief, said Tuesday.

Estrada joined friend and Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in a ‎four-door detention bungalow at the  PNP Custodial Center on Monday afternoon.

They were both accused of plunder and several counts of graft charges in connection with the billions-worth scam of pork barrel congressional funds, allegedly conniving with fellow detainee Janet Lim-Napoles.

On his first night, ‎Sindac said Estrada slept late at 1 a.m., adding that they learned that the Senator was “a night owl.”

“This morning, Senator Revilla got up first. An hour after, Senator Estrada woke up at 7:30 a.m.,” the police official added.

‎For their first meal of the day, Estrada and Revilla were served with hotdogs and egg for breakfast and chicken Tinola for lunch.

But Sindac said they did not touch their food ration as they feasted on the food their families brought for them.

Asked if Estrada had any special request for additional appliance in his room, he said there was none.

“But if he would request for any additional item, it must be coursed through the courts first before we could allow it,” Sindac added.

The Senator surrendered to his father, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, before heading to Camp Crame for his detention.

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