Maguindanao Massacre

[vinkim]

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[Monseratto]

:puke:

Lawyer throws up after watching Maguindanao massacre video

MANILA, Philippines - A lawyer ran out of the courtroom on Wednesday morning while a videographer was presenting raw footage of mass graves in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province, where 57 people were massacred last November 23, 2009.

"This is the first time that I saw the raw tape," lawyer Harry Roque, who is representing the families of massacred journalists, told reporters after running out of the makeshift courtroom inside the Philippine National Police's headquarters in Camp Crame.

ABS-CBN's Patricia Evangelista said she saw Roque running out of the courtroom. She said the lawyer could not make it to the men's room and was seen vomiting inside the women's room.

Evangelista said that when she asked Roque why he was vomiting, the lawyer told her that he could not stomach watching the footage, which he described as "karumal-dumal (heinous)."

http://abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/20/...massacre-video

[rai711]

Mga sir eto yung nakuha ko sa FB

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1256276741355

[chua_riwap]

Nagkakalutuan na...........



http://www.gmanews.tv/story/188797/p...ar-2-ampatuans

Prosecutors defy Agra over order to clear 2 Ampatuans


Government prosecutors on Monday challenged the decision of acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra to clear two Ampatuan clan members in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao last year, saying it dishonors the institution’s mandate to dispense justice.

Chief State Prosecutor Claro Arellano led the protest over Agra’s order exonerating detained Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan and cousin Akmad Ampatuan Sr., mayor of Mamasapano town in Maguindanao.

"We are deeply concerned that the resolution will all the more convince a long skeptical public that our criminal justice system is impotent when the accused are politically influential," he said in a statement read before Justice reporters in Manila.

Arellano said it pained them to publicly disagree with their superior’s order, but noted that while the Justice chief has the final say on cases filed at the department, they on the front line believed there is probable cause to indict Zaldy and Akmad.

"We pray and hope that… justice will ultimately be served to the victims of this tragedy. It is along this line that we earnestly and respectfully request Acting Secretary Agra to revisit this resolution," he said. "Otherwise, we dishonor the primary reason for which our institution exists and its very name: the Department of Justice," he added.

State Prosecutor Richard Fadullon said Agra had not consulted them, as a matter of courtesy, before he ordered the dropping of multiple murder charges against the two Ampatuans.

They only learned of Agra’s order through a newspaper report last Saturday.

Clear conscience

Earlier on Monday, Agra said his conscience was clear, adding that he was not afraid to face the victims’ kin to defend his move.

"Anyway you look at the evidence presented to me, it will lead to the same decision," Agra said in Filipino in a radio interview on Monday.

He noted that while his department had found probable cause in the multiple murder charges against Ampatuan clan patriarch Andal Sr. and Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Jr., there was "no evidence" that Zaldy and Akmad had conspired in the killings.

Agra said documentary evidence had shown that Zaldy was not at the crime scene when the massacre took place, while witness Kenny Dalandag had not implicated Akmad.

Andal Sr., Andal Jr., Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan are detained at the Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, along with several other suspects.

Agra lashed back at his critics, saying his decision was based on an objective review of records and not on politics and emotions.

But Arellano disputed Agra’s claim, saying a witness had positively identified the two as among those who had conspired to murder 57 people, 31 of whom were journalists.

He said the Rules of Evidence provide that positive identification by a witness prevails over a negative assertion.

"Interestingly and ironically, while Secretary Agra basically implies that witness Kenny Dalandag is very credible as to his positive identification of the other accused during the planning of the murders, he is not at all credible when he identified Zaldy Ampatuan," Arellano said.

He said it is for the courts to decide, not the Justice secretary, whether the evidence submitted by Zaldy to support his alibi was strong. — Sophia M. Dedace/NPA, GMANews.TV

[Gerbo]

Agra just aggravates the collective sensitivities of the Filipino people. IMO, this tantamounts to a sin against society.

I wonder if he is just following orders on this one.

[oliver1013]

Tangna mo Agra!!

[Isuzoom]

Putong Inamoy mo Agra!!!

[sgt_taga]

Agra just aggravates the collective sensitivities of the Filipino people. IMO, this tantamounts to a sin against society.

I wonder if he is just following orders on this one.

i wouldn't be surprised... question is... who's order? baka naman order na nung mga nasasakdal yan. tsk tsk

[sgt_taga]

Agra just aggravates the collective sensitivities of the Filipino people. IMO, this tantamounts to a sin against society.

I wonder if he is just following orders on this one.

i wouldn't be surprised... question is... who's order? baka naman order na nung mga nasasakdal yan. tsk tsk

[vito corleone]

nakakainsulto talaga ang pinaggagagawa ng gobyerno na 'to

[chua_riwap]

Natakot siguro si GMA....baka "ikanta" siya.

[claRkEnt]

Natakot siguro si GMA....baka "ikanta" siya.

exactly.. the ampatuans might have given deadline kay GMA to do something or else sama-sama na lang sila since wala na rin sila mapapakinabangan as the money stashed by the ampatuans are gone.

[TholitzReloaded]

Anong klase ba namang gobyerno meron tayo?

[vito corleone]

with less than a month before the elections, they need him outside of prison

[Lucius]

Who let the dogs out!

[juntzo]

one editorial wrote that later on the verdict will be:

IT WAS MASS SUICIDE!

[Revenant]

Agra reverses own resolution on Ampatuan case

Agra reverses own resolution on Ampatuan case
By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated May 06, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Justice Secretary Alberto Agra yesterday reversed his decision last month that cleared two prominent members of the Ampatuan clan in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao in November 2009.

In a 30-page resolution, Agra gave weight to the testimony of a new eyewitness in reinstating earlier findings of investigating fiscals that there was probable cause to indict detained Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Maguindanao Vice Gov. Akmad “Tato” Ampatuan Sr.

He granted the motions of families of victims in the carnage that sought reconsideration of his resolution last April 16, which favored the appeals of the two Ampatuans and reversed findings of prosecutors.

“I am now convinced that there is probable cause insofar as involvements of Zaldy and Akmad Sr. in the massacre are concerned,” Agra, who issued the new resolution on six different motions filed before his office, said.

[Gerbo]

No choice si Agra. Public backlash.

Baka sakali makalusot. Buti na lang.

[oliver1013]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDS6clzSjp0&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Ex-help of Ampatuans: We're not afraid of you anymore![/ame]

[vito corleone]

common sense dictates that you provide protection to any person in this kind of situation. . .pinabayaan lang. . .

testament to this gov't's lack of concern to it's citizens



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...witness-killed

COTABATO CITY — A former militiaman who failed to get protection from the justice department after he tagged the powerful Ampatuan clan as being responsible for the Maguindanao massacre has been felled by an assassin’s bullet.
Six months and two weeks after he first appeared on television with his face hidden behind a mask to talk about the massacre, Suwaib Upham was gunned down by a lone attacker on June 14 in Parang town, Maguindanao province, some 100 kilometers from where the carnage occurred.
It was only on Thursday following media inquiries—or more than a week after the shooting first appeared on the town police blotter—that official information on Upham’s killing came.
Philippine Daily Inquirer informants in Maguindanao said Upham—believed to be in his 20s—had been moving from one place to another to avoid coming to harm after agreeing to testify against the Ampatuan clan.
Centerlaw Philippines, which assists families of 14 of the massacre victims, laid the blame for Upham’s death on acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for not supposedly giving any protection to the witness.

His death was recorded on the police blotter as just another case of killing. There was no mention on the blotter of him being a massacre witness.

Upham, a member of the disbanded Ampatuan militia, was shot dead at around 8 p.m.
“The gunman remained unidentified and the motive was still unclear. We are still determining the real motive of the attack,” Senior Supt. Alex Lineses, Maguindanao police chief, told reporters.
Police have apparently made no arrests.
In an interview on Nov. 28 with a correspondent from the Arabic Al Jazeera news channel, the masked Upham—who identified himself then as “Boy”—said he was promised money to take part in the massacre and that he feared for himself and his family.
In March, in an interview in Metro Manila with the Inquirer and several other media groups, Upham—who had by then changed his alias to “Jesse” (as he spelled it)—said the massacre was carried out by about 200 armed men allegedly led by then Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.
Harry Roque, one of the lawyers for the relatives of the massacre victims, described Upham as one of the most crucial witnesses in the murder cases filed against members of the Ampatuan family and their armed followers.
Fifty-seven people were slaughtered on Nov. 23 last year in what is believed to be one of the country’s worst political massacres. The victims included members of a rival political clan and 32 media workers.
‘Blood in their hands’
“There is blood in Agra and Ms Arroyo’s hands. May they forever by haunted by the souls of Jesse and the rest of the victims of the massacre,” the group said in a statement.
Centerlaw said Upham surfaced in March and applied for admission to the Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the Department of Justice (DoJ).

“He was never interviewed by the DoJ despite having previously arranged twice to be interviewed by a panel from the department. In both instances, the department agreed on the time and date of the interview at a venue to be selected by ‘Jesse.’ That initial and first interview was scheduled in the office and in the presence of CHR (Commission on Human Rights) Chair Leila de Lima,” the law group said.
But it said personnel from the WPP did not appear on the agreed time and date and stated instead that “Jesse” should appear “in the premises of the DoJ.”

Centerlaw said Upham refused to appear at the DoJ because he “had information that high-ranking officials of the Department were working with the Ampatuans.”
P4-M bounty
Roque, of Centerlaw, said in an interview that Upham told him in April after the two botched meetings with the DoJ that he wanted to return to Maguindanao.
“By this time we were running out of resources, so he left,” Roque said, adding that he kept in touch with Upham while the latter was in Maguindanao.
Roque said he also found out that a P4-million bounty had been put up on Upham’s head by some people.
“There were even posters around Maguindanao with his face and the bounty on it,” he said.
Roque also said that before his death, Upham had planned to return to Manila.
“He thought that with a new president ready to assume power, he might have a better chance to get into the Witness Protection Program.”
Roque said the death of Upham was a big blow to the case against the Ampatuans.
“We lost a very strong witness. We had a witness who participated in the massacre, who saw everything from beginning to end.”
But Roque also said he was confident more witnesses in the case would come out once the Aquino administration came into power and with CHR Chief Leila de Lima at the head of the DoJ.
Worst possible message
Asked for comment on the killing of Upham, the Ampatuans’ lawyer Philip Sigfrid Fortun said in a text message: “He is not listed as a witness. Not every policeman or civilian killed in Maguindanao is a witness to the massacre.”
Fortun declined further comment.
Gov’t did nothing
The New York-based Human Rights Watch urged the National Bureau of Investigation to immediately investigate the Upham killing.
“Massacre witnesses are dying while the government sits on its hands,” Elaine Pearson, acting Asia director of Human Rights Watch,” said in a statement.

Pearson said “Upham took enormous personal risks by agreeing to testify against Ampatuan family members, yet the government, knowing full well he was in danger, did nothing. This sends the worst possible message to other witnesses thinking of coming forward.”

Upham’s killing came two months after an uncle of another witness was also shot and killed in what authorities said was part of a plan to intimidate those speaking out against the Ampatuan family.