4 February 2005

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Police name suspect in killing of witness to Damalerio murder


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Edgar Amoro, Edgar Damalerio

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(RSF/IFEX) - Philippine police have named a man who they say is a suspect in the killing of Edgar Amoro, a witness to the murder of journalist Edgar Damalerio. Vidal Querol, chief of police in the Zamboanga region (on the southern island of Mindanao), said the police were actively seeking Mohammed Maulama, who had shared a cell with Damalerio's alleged murderer, policeman Guillermo Wapile, himself detained since September 2004.



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