COTABATO CITY - Police on Monday presented to the media another surrenderee related to the Maguindanao massacre last November 2009.

Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-ARMM) identified the suspect as Datutuhon Esmael, 23, and a resident of barangay Labu-Labu in Datu Hoffer.

Esmael refused to talk on camera, saying only that he works as a farmer and sometimes as a "skylab" driver.

He said that he went into hiding after his family told him that his picture was in the police most wanted list for the Maguindanao massacre.

Superintendent Jacinto Malinao, CIDG-ARMM regional chief, said Esmael's family coordinated and sought help through the Datu Hoffer Municipal Police Station and Maguindanao Provincial Police Office to clear his name.

Esmael has been in the custody of CIDG-ARMM after surrendering to authorities Friday last week. He and 2 other suspects in the Maguindanao massacre are temporarily detained at Cotabato City Police Office detention cell while awaiting their transfer to Manila to face charges against them.

Information said Edris Kasan was arrested after being shot by unidentified suspects in barangay Labu-Labu, Shariff Aguak. The other suspect, Butukan Malang, surrendered to authorities last week