No special treatment was being extended to members of the Ampatuan clan implicated in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao in 2009, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government said yesterday.
DILG Undersecretary for Public Order Rico Puno, however, said that the jail warden and his staff are not yet off the hook even after Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu admitted that photos of the Ampatuans enjoying special treatment were taken before the current administration took over. FULL STORY]
