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Policemen plead not guilty to Philippine massacre
MANILA
Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:27am EDT
MANILA (Reuters) - Nine policemen and two members of a militia linked to the massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines pleaded not guilty to murder on Wednesday in a case that has raised fears of more bloodshed in elections next month.
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Four other police officers were not arraigned pending motions to drop the charges, but a judge at the Manila court ordered them to enter pleas next week over the November massacre, which is considered the Philippines' worst case of electoral violence.
At the weekend, the government ordered the dropping of charges in the case against two members of the Ampatuan family, a powerful political clan allied to the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, sparking outrage and accusations of political interference.
Harry Roque, a lawyer for some of the families of massacre victims, asked the court to defer the hearings until a new administration has taken over in July, citing the decision to drop charges against Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan.
"The decision dropping murder charges against them was so sly and done on a weekend when no one was looking," Roque told reporters after the hearing. "It is so brazen, and shows that justice will not be reached in this administration."
NOT GUILTY PLEAS
One by one, the 11 men, under heavy guard and wearing prison uniforms, pleaded not guilty after the murder charges were read by a court clerk.
State prosecutors said they were part of a conspiracy carried out by the Ampatuans to eliminate members of a rival political family seeking to stand in elections to be held on May 10.
Fifty-seven people, including 30 journalists, were killed when about 100 armed men attacked their convoy on their way to an election office to witness the filing of nomination papers for a member of the Mangudadatu clan to stand in the elections.
The killings raised fears next month's elections would be bloody, particularly the contest for local positions.
The hearing was held at a detention facility inside a police base in the capital's southern district, where six members of the Ampatuan clan, including the principal suspect, are being held.
Lawyer Roque said his clients also petitioned the court to replace all the public prosecutors handling the case.
But a member of the Mangudadatu clan told reporters his family wanted a speedy trial, saying they were worried delays could affect the case because witnesses in the provinces were being bribed, intimidated and even killed.
(Reporting by Manny Mogato; Editing by John Mair and Alex Richardson)
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