Justice Sec. Leila de Lima on Tuesday failed to get a copy
of the investigation report of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on the
January 25 Mamasapano encounter in Maguindanao on her visit in the MILF
bailiwick.
However, De Lima said DOJ could still get a copy of the
report through another channel.
De Lima was welcomed by MILF chair Al Haj Murad inside the
MILF's Camp Darapanan
The Justice secretary said she reached out to the MILF to
seek copies of its investigation report on the incident.
Both officials met behind closed doors.
After the meeting, De Lima said the purpose of her visit was
to secure copies of the report because the DOJ wanted to know its content to
determine culpability in the incident that stunned the nation.
She refused to reveal other details of the meeting except by
saying that Murad told her the MILF could not provide copies to DOJ but it will
be coursed through the International Monitoring Team and the Malaysian
government which is facilitating the peace talks.
"I was told the MILF probe is yet to be
completed," she said.
"There is a mechanism that we need to follow, a
mechanism designed and crafted by both the government and the MILF peace
panels," De Lima quoted Murad as saying.
De Lima also asked the MILF if a DOJ panel could meet and
talk to the witnesses in the killing of civilians during the Mamasapano
incident.
De Lima explained that aside from securing copies of the PNP
Board of Inquiry, DOJ also needs the copy of the MILF report so that it can
determine who are the personalities to be charged
De Lima and DOJ members are now proceeding to Mamasapano,
Maguindanao to visit the site of the bloody skirmishes last January that
claimed the lives of 44 police commandos, 18 Moro rebels and five civilians.
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