Akbar’s family saddened by DoJ’s decision
10/24/2011ZAMBOANGA CITY — The family of the late Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar is asking the Department of Justice (DoJ) to re-study and reconsider its decision clearing some of the accused in killing the lawmaker in 2007.
Tahira Ismael, former mayor of Lantawan town and niece of Akbar, said yesterday that they were saddened “by the sudden” change of pronouncement made by DoJ Secretary Leila de Lima about former Anak Mindanao Rep. Mujiv Hataman.
Ismael, who serves as the family spokesman, noted De Lima announced last Wednesday of last week that there was an existing criminal complaint filed against Hataman at the DoJ and on the next day the justice department cleared the former congressman.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111024nat2.html
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