Ousted and jailed President Joseph Estrada, who is awaiting the decision of an anti-graft court on an $89-million plunder case, is being sued for the same charge by an unlikely complainant: the self-professed owner of the entire Philippine archipelago.

The inquirer.net reported on Thursday that Homobono Adaza, the lawyer of Prince Julian Tallano, who claims to be the legal owner of the entire archipelago, is lodging a complaint of plunder against the deposed president with the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday.

The complaint is suing Estrada for plunder, violation of the anti-graft law, and violation of the code of conduct and ethical standards for illegally acquiring a 2,500-hectare parcel of land in Montalban east of Manila.

Adaza said his client is the descendant of King Luisong Tagean, who received the first land title issued in 1764, Certificate of Title No. 01-4, which covers all lands in the more than 7,000 islands that comprise the archipelago.

The Inquirer.net quoted Adaza as telling reporters that the Montalban land, which the Estrada administration turned into a settlement for poor families, belongs to the Tallano family. The ownership is even recognized by the courts and by the late president Ferdinand Marcos, he said.

Estrada's spokesman, Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez, dismissed the case as a "tall tale."

Tallano, who owns the Tallano Noble Estate Corp., reportedly tried to recover his family's land from the government through petitions with the courts of Pasig and Pasay cities nine years ago.

A Pasay City court reportedly issued a ruling in 2001 awarding the Philippine archipelago to Tallano.