A Quezon City court threw out for lack of merit the motion of Maguindanao massacre alleged mastermind former Mayor Datu Unsay Ampatuan Jr. to cite in contempt Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and eight others.

In a three-page order, Assisting Judge Genie Gapas-Agbada of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 221 junked the motion for reconsideration filed by Ampatuan.

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