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Ampatuan no-show at arraignment.
BY PATERNO ESMAQUEL II, RAPPLER.com
March 15, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – The scheduled arraignment of former Maguindanao Gov Andal Ampatuan Sr for electoral sabotage Thursday, March 15, did not push through after the ailing patriarch skipped the proceedings at the Pasay Regional Trial Court (RTC).
Ampatuan was still reportedly ill after he vomited blood and was rushed to the hospital Friday, March 9.
Quezon City RTC Branch 221 issued an order to continue Ampatuan’s hospital confinement, said Pasay RTC Branch 112 spokesperson Felda Domingo in an interview.
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