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SOPHIA DEDACE, GMA News

Four relatives of journalists killed in the November 2009 Maguindanao massacre amended the plunder complaint they filed last January against members of the Ampatuan clan implicated in what is said to be the worst politically-motivated violence in the country.

In a 10-page supplemental affidavit, the relatives asked the Office of the Ombudsman to take cognizance of a Commission on Audit (COA) report detailing the alleged misuse of funds allotted for the office of Rizaldy “Zaldy” Ampatuan, suspended governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The COA’s scrutiny of funds covered January 2008 to September 2009, when Zaldy was still in office.

“The COA-SAO Report No. 2010-01 concluded that funds received by the Office of the Regional Governor for its own operation were not properly utilized and managed taking into consideration applicable laws, rules and regulations,” the affidavit said.

The original complaint was filed on Jan. 14, 2011.

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