P5-M bribe try for Ampatuan witnesses bared
By Benjamin B. Pulta 07/14/2010 Attempted bribery charges are being readied by justice officials against persons yet to be named for allegedly offering more than P 5 million in hush money to witnesses to the Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao province last November. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday bared at least two attempts “a few weeks back” to bribe witnesses in the Maguindanao Massacre case. De Lima said an emissary from the Ampatuan camp whose members were tagged as primary suspects in the murder of 57 persons, tried to offer two witnesses on separate instances money in exchange of recanting their testimonies or pointing the blame at someone else. De Lima disclosed the emissary offered the witness P5 million, while in the second instance, the justice chief admitted that she forgot the exact amount the other witness was offered. But she disclosed that the amount was in the same “range” with that of the witness offered with P5 million. De Lima also said that the bribe attempt was coursed through an officer, who was approached by an emissary of the Ampatuans.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100714hed6.html |
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