Former senator Bong Revilla has returned to detention at Quezon City Jail on a non-bailable malversation charge linked to a P92.8 million fictitious flood control project in Bulacan. This follows his December counter-affidavit to the DOJ denying the graft accusations, marking an escalation less than a decade after his pork barrel scam acquittal.
Former senator Bong Revilla, previously acquitted in the 2013 pork barrel scandal, surrendered to the Philippine National Police on January 21 after the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant. He is now detained in Payatas, Quezon City, alongside associates Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza, over a P92.8 million flood control project in Bulacan that prosecutors allege never existed.
This detention stems from the same graft probe covered earlier, where Revilla submitted a counter-affidavit on December 10 denying involvement and providing evidence to refute claims tied to SYMS Constructions. Despite his defense, the case has advanced to arrest, underscoring continued scrutiny of public fund misuse involving former officials like Revilla, once Senate public works committee chair.
The development revives discussions on accountability in corruption cases, building on persistent investigations into ghost projects and legislative fund handling.
