A lawyer who previously represented a member of the Ampatuan clan says he finds insufficient evidence for the court to hand down a guilty verdict to his former client linked to the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case.
A lawyer who previously represented a member of the Ampatuan clan said he finds insufficient evidence for the court to hand down a guilty verdict to his former client linked to the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case.
Unsay is among the 197 accused in the gruesome 2009 mass murder of 58 victims— including 32 media workers. He and his family’s private armed group allegedly shot and decapitated the bodies of victims, including members of the rival Mangudadatu family and civilians who happened to be passing by.
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