Crying out loud: Protesters displaying a banner as they picket at the anti-graft Sandiganbayan court. The banner says: ‘Jail Imelda Marcos Return The Ill-gotten Wealth’ — AP
MANILA: Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos posted a US$7,400 (RM31,009) bail for provisional liberty after she was found guilty of graft.
Marcos, 89, was convicted last week of illegally funneling about US$200mil (RM838.17mil) to Swiss foundations in the 1970s when she served as Metropolitan Manila governor while her husband, late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, placed the Philippines under martial law.
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