THE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the indictment of another Ampatuan clan member for the gruesome killing of 58 individuals, including 30 journalists, which took place in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao on November 23, 2009.

In a 12-page decision promulgated on September 10, 2013 and penned by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda, the CA Special First Division dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by Sajid Islam Ampatuan questioning the Department of Justice (DOJ) resolutions which found probable cause against the petitioner and other respondents for multiple murder.

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