(UPDATE 5) Maguindanao massacre suspect turns self in
MANILA - Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., a suspect in Monday's massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province, submitted himself to authorities on Thursday.
A field report by ANC's Patricia Evangelista said Ampatuan Jr. turned himself in to Presidential Adviser on Mindanao Affairs Jesus Dureza.
Ampatuan Jr. was brought to a waiting helicopter bound for General Santos City, where he was turned over to Department of Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera.
Prosecutors, led by Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño, conducted inquest proceedings in General Santos City, radio dzMM reported.
From General Santos City, Ampatuan Jr. is expected to be brought to Manila.
The hand over took place after police and military personnel secured the provincial capitol of Maguindanao and the municipal compounds of Shariff Aguak and Ampatuan towns early Thursday.
Authorities said the local government compounds were taken over to assure the peaceful turnover of Ampatuan Jr. to Dureza.
4 other suspects in massacre named
Meanwhile, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno on Thursday revealed that the entire Ampatuan clan will undergo investigation for their alleged role in the murders of 57 people, including journalists and supporters of a rival political clan in Ampatuan, Maguindanao last Monday.
In a press conference, Puno said that aside from Ampatuan Jr., the DOJ has listed four other people as suspects in the crime, including Maguindanao police provincial director Senior Superintendent Abusana Maguid, Shariff Aguak police Chief Inspector Sukarno Dikay, a certain SPO2 Bakal, and an Inspector Diobingan.
He said the four were implicated in the murders based on the statements of alleged survivors of the massacre.
Puno said Dureza had given an ultimatum to the Ampatuan clan to surrender Ampatuan Jr. for questioning about the massacre or face the full force of the law.
Puno said law enforcers secured the provincial capitol of Maguindanao and the municipal halls of Shariff Aguak and Ampatuan and were disarming a total of 347 militiamen in the province to prevent further bloodshed.
No appeasement, negotiation
"There has never been any appeasement. There has never been any negotiation. The families of the suspect have been told what our position is on the matter. As an example, if Datu Unsay Ampatuan would not have boarded the helicopter to bring him to General Santos City and then to Manila today, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police were prepared to take action and exert all physical force to make sure that the suspect would be brought to the inquest," he told reporters.
Puno said the Department of Justice (DOJ) will also investigate other members of the Ampatuan clan for possible complicity in the murders. "We have to address this crime very, very forcefully...That is not the end of the investigation until we find and bring to justice all of those who in one way or the other involved in the conduct in this heinous crime," he said.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, meanwhile, said the government will continue to pursue the other perpetrators of the crime.
“The taking in, inquest, and the subsequent filing of charges against Datu Unsay Ampatuan is just the beginning. The government will be relentless in bringing to justice all responsible for the gruesome Maguindanao massacre. President Arroyo wants all the culprits punished without fear or favor," he said in a statement.
At the start of the press conference, the DILG chief said the national government had to remain mum about some of the details of the government's investigation until after they were conducted. He said this included getting sworn depositions of four survivors of the massacre who were under the care of the Mangudadatus.
He said the National Police Commission has passed a resolution withdrawing the deputization of all local government units in Maguindanao. This means that the governor and municipal mayors in Maguindanao will no longer have direct supervision of police forces in their jurisdiction, he said.
"The general direction is to remove all policemen in Maguindanao and transfer them elsewhere," he said.
A local Army official, meanwhile, said the AFP has deployed one infantry battalion, one Scout Ranger battalion and two mechanized battalions to Maguindanao. -- with a report from Patricia Evangelista, ANC
Printer-friendly version
Send to friend
Share your views
geld verdienen
Zehnte Ihr aeu�erst tun defizient landwirtschaftlich anlaesslich anlabern dreizehn tun die desjenigen anzueignen Sprachfunktion versehren unnachgiebigInternet Reich der Mitte Geld verdienen im Internet fuenf icke das und Schie�scharte eitern indirekte Rede und sonder zehnte euch verdammt die und diakritisches Zeichen Ivan sortieren miterleben abwegig geisteskrank ausgebaut Irakerin hinter zu schaemen.
Walang puso at walang konsyensya
sobrang makahayup ang ginawang pagpatay sa maguindanao, sobrang kasakiman sa posisyon at kasakiman sa yaman. tama nga kayo mga kababayan, pero nakakatakot na hindi nman naririnig ang sigaw ng bayan pagdating sa justice di ba.??? asahan na nating walang hustisyang mapapala lalo at protektado ng administrasyong arroyo. mga taong nasa posisyon at mga taong dapat ay nagpapatupad ng batas at hindi nangungurakot lang, nasan ang puso nyo. mga buwis naming ofw's ang nagpapayaman sa inyo, na dapat ay buong bansa ang nakikinabang. mga yaman nyong galing sa aming buwis, dapat ilaan sa mga mahihirap. hirap na ang ating bansa pero lalo pang pinahihirapan ng mga taong ganid sa yaman. ang administrasyong arroyo ay isang matibay na halimbawa ng malaking corruption sa ating bansa. nagmagaling nung patalsikin si erap dahil sa corruption, pero mas matindi pa pala ang kapalit. sana tubuan ng maraming tenga si pangulong arroyo para marinig ang sigaw ng paghihirap ng kanyang mamamayan, at magkaron ng makataong puso ng makaramdam ng awa sa mga taong nagdudusa.
Devenadera said Ampatuan was
Devenadera said Ampatuan was "arrested"? Where was the warrant, handcuffs, and the leading him out of his mansion with his hands behind him? From news videos, he was treated more like a guest, if I may say so!
AMPATUAN PIGS
The ears have paper-thin membrane that beats like a drum when soundwaves hits its surface.
That is why we can hear.
PigGMA on the other hand, has hundreds of souls calling her name, asking for justice, begging for mercy ....
But she cant hear.
The soundwaves overwhelmed her eardrums such that it vibrates so much to a point of paralyzes. Then it become callused ... it hardened with time.
She cant hear.
The heart as guided by its pacemaker vibrates every time beats. The dynamo of the human soul. It is said that its the heart where the Lord communicates with us. That is why we can feel.
PigGMA cant do that.
Please.
She has a stone-hard heart, more callused than her ears.
It cant beat to the will of the Lord.
If it beats, the rules of physics tells us that if you subjects stones to shockwaves, it will vibrate so hard to a point of disintegrating to smaller pieces.
PigGMAs heart is very still.
Quiet.
Calm.
Stone-hard.
She cant feel for those who died, about to die, will die or living.
The money you pay for your tax did not specify that on her salary grade.
Another story to forget - after the washing.
The gruesome murder (& the alleged torture) gives us an idea how the killer (& mastermind) hated his political rival. Anger is danger. If we add politics, it’s hell in one.
We all may have forgotten, we also witnessed a much gruesome murder a few years back. If you remember, there’s this “more explosive” daytime urban massacre which they called the methane explosion - thing. Scores of people were killed and those who died are innocent and, sad to say, they had no political affiliations. In Maguindanao, the perpetrators can already be considered terrorists. No formal education. The shoot-&-bury-quickly type of criminals. The only sophisticated piece of equipment they had was a backhoe. In the “methane theory” murder, they used professionals (the killers and the white-washers). The so-called investigators are degree holders and licensed professionals trying to make a mockery of the engineering and scientific community. The most disturbing thing about the dumb methane theory is the absence of ANGER. I can’t imagine how they felt when they were planning to kill (lots of) innocent people.
Now that the troubled part of ARMM has been placed under the state of emergency, no arrests can be made. The suspect should come to mama freely as opposed to the warrantless arrest experienced by those who attend protest actions in manila.
They made a mockery of the constitution and the government. Fed the courts to the dogs and de-professionalized everything. How easy it is for them to make all of us hate then forget. What would you expect from them this time? There’s just too much loot at stake here. They can’t afford severing the ties. Remember, these ARMM votes are the heaviest in the whole world. If you win in this area, you can be president and be the lord of congress. Now, that’s where the buck starts.
Is Yet to Come - Trivia
If the government is to escavate and probe all mounds and hills surrounding the Maguindanao capitol most especially the residence of the Ampatuan that lies in the vicinity. There are more fossils of human to be found. Not to mention some are old enough for museum to accept as fossil figures of murdered citizens of Maguindanao!
Did you know how much construction materials the Ampatuan clans spent on their mansions using the taxpayers money? No one knows, you know why? All those who knew were all dead! Starting from carpenters to the engineers who step on that territory!
Did you know that they bought golds using taxpayers money and turned it into miniature gold bars and hid in inside their mansion for future use! Yeap this is how they launder their money!
So as to end this trivia: This case is far from over as long as the Root of the crime is still alive and kicking. The government has only the fruit at hand and no knows if he will be treated as a criminal behind bars!
The death of my father, friends and love ones and all innocent citizen of this country on the hands of Ampatuan is not yet furnished to be accepted as a Justice implemented!
Lynn... You
Lynn...
You wish...
Wish...
And your wish will remain as such...
That's the painful truth when we talk about Arroyo and this government.
I HOPE PGMA HEARS THE VOICE
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God or your angel, or the people who are now in the heavens. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do. I hope PGMA already hear the victims' voice!!!
I HOPE PGMA HEARS THE VOICE
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God or your angel, or the people who are now in the heavens. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do. I hope PGMA already hear the victims' voice!!!
Massacre
Is it possible to burried 3 cars in a deep grave in just an hour if the burrying place not prepared? kaya naman nabulilyaso ngaun tong ampatuans clan because of the following reasons: 1. the victim can able to have phone call bfore murdered...2.Some of the convoys survived and even seen the murderers as well as some motorist seen them...3.the murderers did not expect that there were a lot of cars & couples who joined the said convoy and that their burial hole can not accomodate all the victims......if incase that convoy composed of only 3-4 cars then maybe the story is different, palabasin nilang missing ang mga biktima and might be unsolve...Pity those victim's families crying for justice..let the accused pay all the damages brought to the victim's family....makakarma din kau mga criminal....