MANILA, Philippines - Two more suspects in the Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre pleaded not guilty yesterday.
Datu Jimmy Ampatuan and Police Officer 1 Michael Madsig are the 77th and 78th suspects to be arraigned for 57 counts of murder filed before Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes.
Ampatuan is a “distant relative” of the primary suspect, former Maguindanao governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr., according to his lawyer, Laquindab Marohombsar.