DUREZA FACES RAPS FOR ROLE IN AIDING CLAN
Ampatuans charged with money laundering
11/05/2010The woes of the Ampatuan clan members are piling up.
Once the most powerful family in the Muslim region, the Amapatuans are now facing new charges.
The Ampatuans, together with the lawyers and their spiritual adviser, have been charged with money laundering.
Also charged was former Presidential Adviser and Chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority Jesus Dureza for his alleged role in helping the Ampatuan political clan clear themselves of charges of rebellion.
The charges were filed by the relatives of the journalists who were the victims of the Maguindano massacre that occurred last year.
A witness had reportedly earlier testified that Ampatuan patriarch Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr., former governor of Maguindanao province, “ordered that P10 million be given to Jesus Dureza, the former Presidential Adviser on Mindanao Affairs, to ensure that the separate rebellion charges against the powerful family will be dismissed.”
The same witness had testified that Ampatuan Sr., while detained at Camp Panacan, gave away P386 million to his supporters “to bribe government witnesses, tamper with evidence and commit perjury.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101105hed1.html
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