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Philippine clan ‘guilty’ of 2009 political massacre | South China Morning Post

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Members of a powerful family were found guilty of killing 57 people in the Philippines’ worst political massacre. At a special court in Taguig City, five members of the Ampatuan clan, which has governed the southern province of Maguindanao for decades, were sentenced to life in jail for the killings. The verdict fol…

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