Another suspect in Maguindanao massacre surrenders
11/08/2010A former politician who is among 196 persons charged in last year’s Maguindanao massacre surrendered to authorities yesterday, a day after another fugitive’s arrest, authorities said.
Former Sultan Barongis town Vice Mayor Sukarno “Uka” Badal, a political ally of the powerful Ampatuan clan blamed for orchestrating the murders, gave himself up to Army 33rdInfantry Battalion (IB) commander Lt. Col. Manolo Samarita and National Bureau on Investigation agent-lawyer Jun Basco in Barangay Sigayan, Lambayong town around 8 a.m., Army chief Lt. Gen. Arturo Ortiz said.
Badal also turned over several assault rifles, he added.
Badal was the subject of arrest warrant issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes for his alleged involvement in the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre of 57 civilians, including more than 30 media practitioners, in the outskirts of Ampatuan town..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101108hed5.html
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