A Quezon City court on Monday allowed the transfer of one of the accused in the Maguindanao massacre to the Witness Protection Program (WPP).

In a two-page order, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 directed the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City to immediately release and transfer  Esmael Canapia to the WPP.

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