Lawyer denies Ampatuan’s death

QUEZON City, Philippines, June 16 (Eagle News) — Atty. Salvador Panelo denied reports that his client, Andal Ampatuan Sr., is already dead. He added that his client is confined at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute due to liver cancer.

Ampatuan is the main suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre.

(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)