BANGKOK – Joseph Estrada, the disgraced former president of the Philippines, faces the prospect of spending his remaining years in prison after a special court in Manila found him guilty of amassing around US$15 million in bribes and kickbacks. During the 30 months he ruled his country, from mid-1998 to the start of 2001, Estrada accepted payoffs from gambling lords and orchestrated (with social security funds) sales of stocks, channeling much of the profits into his personal aliased account.
曼谷——被马尼拉的特别法庭裁定染指1500万美元的贿赂和回扣案后，含羞蒙耻的菲律宾前总统约瑟夫·埃斯特拉达（Joseph Estrada）可能会在监狱中渡过余生。在从1998年中到2001年初统治菲律宾的30个月里，埃斯特拉达接受来自赌博巨头的贿赂、（以社会保险基金）人为操纵股票买卖，并将绝大多数利润存入了他个人的化名帐户。