There is no chance to ask Chan the identity of his principal because Mylah Reyes-Roque, in an article for VERA Files, said the settlement was signed third week of February and Chan was killed when his vehicle was ambushed on his way to his farm in General Santos City last March 25.
Although the relatives of the victims met only with Chan accompanied by someone introduced only to them as “Prof”, they were sure that the principal of the two were the former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr and members of his family who are the primary suspects in the massacre because the deal involved their signing an affidavit of desistance.
The deal would involve P700 million at P50 million each in exchange for their signing a quit claim and for them to pin the blame on now Maguindanao Governor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu.
The settlement strengthens the fear voiced out by concerned citizens that the Ampatuans were able to stash their much, much bigger loot and they are using it to buy off their freedom.
Days after the Nov 23 massacre, there were reports of crates of money being hauled out of the houses of Ampatuans. A source said he saw a video by a TV network of about eight or nine container vans loaded with crates of money coming from the Ampatuan house.
There were talks that some of the trucks went to Sultan Kudarat while some went to Davao.
A Dec. 10, 2009 news item in ABS-CBN online said that “… almost all of the (Ampatuan) houses have vaults that contain weapons and cash.
The report further said: “According to a source from the police, the cash of the Ampatuans, hidden in various locations, aggregate to about P1.3 billion.
“Another source said total cash could reach up to P3 billion since the Ampatuans prefer to stay liquid instead of stashing them in bank accounts or other financial instruments that are regulated.
There are also ARMM sources said that martial law in Maguindanao imposed on Dec. 4, 2009, 11 days after the massacre, actually helped the Ampatuans in securing their ill-gotten wealth.
It should be mentioned that the relatives of the victims had to haul AMLAC to the Ombudsman before it initiated proceedings to freeze the assets of the Ampatuans several months after the massacre.
The talk that Ampatuans prefer to have cash instead of keeping money in banks is supported by the incident on April 26, 2009, when then Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was held briefly upon arrival at the Los Angeles airport with $6 million in cash.
Ampatuan was going to Las Vegas to watch the May 2, 2009 Manny Pacuiao’s fight with Ricky Hatton.
Law enforcers monitoring the activities of the Ampatuans said the once powerful clan bets big on the Pacquiao fights. There was one Pacquiao fight that the family won as much as P750 million.
A bodyguard of one of the Ampatuans identified as Jessie interviewed by VERA Files in March 2010 confirmed the practice of the Ampatuans of bringing huge sum to the US everytime there was a Pacquiao fight as he was one of those tasked to carry the bags full of cash.
Jessie, who had offered to be a witness against the Ampatuans, was later killed in Parang public market in Maguindanao.
The Ampatuans had no known means of income aside from government funds. Maguindanao is one of the country’s poorest provinces.There’s a huge sum of ill-gotten wealth stashed somewhere and it’s being used to distort justice to free the perperators of the a most heinous crime this country has witnessed.
Is that house pictured above the one located in Dasmariñas Village, Makati? Cash daw binayad diyan at nakapangalan sa katulong.
Bago mag-deklara ng martial sa probinsya ay sinabihan na ang Ampatuan ng kanyang bff na nasa Veterans Hospital ngayon na i-secure na ang kanilang ill-gotten wealth.
Ang bagal ng korte sa pagkumpiska ng illegal na yaman ng Ampatuan, hayan tuloy nailusot na sa US, etc ang pera.
Bakit kaya mabagal ang korte pagdating sa Ampatuan cases?
It’s back to its former design.Masaya.
MB, I think that house is in Mindanao. I think their houses have identical designs.
I mean, this blog, not the Ampatuan house.
But comments still need moderation. Can we go back to the former arrangement where once you have logged in, the discussions flow freely without moderation?
Hi Becky, yes inayos na ulit yung format. Yes, the comments moderation is till a problem. I removed the check in the settings, ganun pa rin. I’ll consult my friend who is helping me with this blog on that.
Masaya ito, bumabalik na sa dati ang porma ng blog.
Talaga, Chi.
okey na uli ito. daling hanapin ang pintong gustong buksan at pasukin. hindi nakakapagod. at nakakangitngit kung minsan kapag napakabagal ang network.
wawawaw!
wala ng “your comment is huweteng amortization o modernization”, ‘ata ‘yun!
ay me naw agen bespren op di administreysiyon pipol op di haws!
eniwey, maaaring kaya HINDI nakikialam si penoy sa kasong ito ng mga ampatuwad ay dahil merong mga siyang tagapayo na masugid na tagasuporta ng mga miyembro ng demonyong pamilya.
ang isa pang sapantaha ko ay HINDI sila magiging magkalayo ni goyang sa panloloko ng paniniwala ang taong bayan sapagkat nakamit na nila ang kanilang gusto at ngayon ay nagagawa na ang bawat naiisin habang nasa puwesto.
naging TANGA kasi tayo sa paniniwala sa kanyang binanggit sa unang SONA’ng “KAYO ang boss ko”.
“………kaya HINDI nakikialam si penoy sa kasong ito ng mga ampatuwad ay dahil MERON SIYANG MGA tagapayo na masugid na tagasuporta ng mga miyembro ng demonyong pamilya……”
bulol si ako!
“…The deal would involve P700 million at P50 million each in exchange for their signing a quit claim and for them to pin the blame on now Maguindanao Governor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu.”
ano kaya naman ang palagay ng may sapantaha na ganito?
merong maniniwala na IPINAPATAY ni mangudadatu 58’ng biktima pati na ang kanyang buntis na asawa?
sa anong dahilan? upang magpakasal sila ni ynez veneracion?
Ipagdasal na la’ang nating bago matapos ang termino ni penoy ay magkaroon ng tapang ang mga kinauukulan upang mahatulan ang mag-aamang ampatuan at mga kasabwat.
Dapat din sigurong kalampagin si DILG Sec Mar Roxas upang tanggalan ng proteksiyon sa loob ng kulungan ang mga kriminal na ‘yan at si de lima ay panindigan ang patas na pagpapatupad ng hustisya.
lalo’t higit ay mawala ang katulad ng abogado ng mga ampatuwad na ang unang iniisip ay magkamal ng limpak na salapi sa halip ng tumulong sa tunay na inaaping kamag-anak ng mga naging biktima.
Korek ka, Mags, kalampagin natin si kuya Mar na tanggalin ang proteksyon ng mga Ampatuwad sa preso at ng mapagtulungang bugbugin. 🙂
Wahoooo, nakakalusot na nga na walang bantay!
#2 Chi, ever since believe ako sa mga blog mo. But not this time. I do not like your question “Bakit kaya mabagal ang Korte,,,,,,,” Ano ka Chi born yesterday. sigurado ako mas bata ako sa iyo.
18. Jojo, sarcastic ang tanong na yan. :)Tsaka kay Ellen ang blog na ito, comment ko lang yan.
MPR, talaga. Masaya na rin ako at finally naibalik na sa dati itong blog.
Well, If you were the Victims family, the way the wheels of Justice is turning and the chances of the trials not making it to the Conclusions, What are your Better options? Where will you get the money for your daily bread? your children welfare? your medical bills? will the Crusaders for Justice put their money where their mouth are and support these victims until the cases are resolved?
The Money of the Amputuans if they are still around should be frozen and be used for compensating the victims if and when the courts so ordered. And they shall be sued.
being desperate on a slow pace of the case should not be a ground for any complainant to seek agreement and/or settlement with the beasts like the ampatuwads. there are many ways to attain justice. one of them IS BANGING THE HEADS of those in present power for them to get awake from their deep sleep.
maybe an everyday picket infront of DILG, DOJ and malakanyang would make the penoy and those gentlemen and ladies around him realize that their true bosses are not satisfied with only promises.
also, the integrated bar members MUST come forward and be of assistance should to the victims they REALLY value the dignity of their chosen profession WHICH, during their school days most of them promised SERVING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE LAW above anything else.
“also, the integrated bar members MUST come forward and be of assistance to the victims SHOUDL they REALLY value the dignity of their chosen profession…”
Whatever happened to the cache of arms found in one of the houses of the Ampatuans? The arms were new and the AFP doesnt have some of them in their inventory. It looked like the Ampatuans were preparing for an invasion.
Isa rin yun sa mga tinatanong, Jake, aside from they crates of money.
Gloria Arroyo put Maguindanao under military control then. Maybe the military officials in charge have the answers.
#19 Chi, yes I do understand why you ask that kind of question. sa kasabihang Pinoy “hampas sa kalabaw sa kabayo ang latay” alam mo bang isa lang ang hinangaan ko kay Erap nang sinabi niya ang salitang “Hoodlum in Robe”
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/315437/news/nation/backhoe-operator-finally-speaks-links-ampatuans-to-maguindanao-massacre
Excerpts from the testimony:
….. another prime suspect in the case, former Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., son of Andal Sr., allegedly ordered Andal to bury the victims together with the vehicles.
“Maya-maya tumawag din sa akin si Datu Unsay at nagkasalubong kami ‘dun sa pinangyarihan ng massacre. Pagdating ko ‘dun nakita ko na ‘yung mga patay. Nandoon din si Datu Unsay,” Andal said, placing his namesake at the site of the crime.
Andal said Ampatuan Jr. told him: “Ilibing mo na lahat ‘yan, kasama ang mga sasakyan.”
Andal said another Ampatuan scion, Zaldy Ampatuan, a former governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, also called and asked him to make sure that the hole where the victims would be buried was deep.
“Maya-maya naman, tinawagan ako ni Datu Puti (Zaldy), na palalimin ko ‘yung kanal, ‘yung hukay,” Andal said.
He said the Ampatuans threatened to kill his family if he got caught.
Hmm… merong bagong klaseng internet brigade. Alam mo na Ellen kung ano’ng gustong palabasin niyan.