A Quezon City court on Wednesday junked the plea for bail filed by former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the principal accused in the Maguindanao massacre case.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 denied Ampatuan’s petition for bail.

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