Mindboggling, troubling offers for Maguindanao massacre victims

[jake]

There are a number of disturbing things in the aborted settlement between the Ampatuans and the relatives of the 14 victims of the Nov 23, 2009 massacre that was considered the deadliest day for journalists (32 of the 58 victims were members of media.

It was aborted because the negotiator, identified in the article of Mylah Reyes-Roque for VERA Files a Jun Chan was killed in an ambush in General Santos city last March 25. The death of Chan underscores the chilling reality that four years after massacre, the killing has not stopped.

A month before, Chan met with relatives of the victims at least twice in a mosque in General Santos with a mindboggling offer: P50 million for each of the victim in exchange for their withdrawing the case against the Ampatuans. The offer raises another troubling aspect: the Ampatuans are still in possession of huge amount of money not covered by the government freeze on their assets.(The Court of Appeals has ordered a freeze on Ampatuans assets upon the request of the families of the victims. There’s a pending forfeiture petition by the Anti-Money Laundering Council. AMLAC is opposing the motion of the victims’ families to intervene in the forfeiture case.)

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This is quite disturbing. Hope they are convicted and still made to pay the victims families.

[fred]

very disturbing..

[fred]

Actually,I dont think that the Government or DOJ will allow any payoff to effect the court case..
Why would they? Its a mass murder case.

[jake]

Actually,I dont think that the Government or DOJ will allow any payoff to effect the court case..
Why would they? Its a mass murder case.

The DOJ reckons it is legally and morally wrong!

In someways i don't really blame the families. How many years will it be before anyone is actually prosecuted. If they are at all.
Some of that money could be spent wisely!!!