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[email protected] July 20 - 26, 2017 PH Court of Appeals denies $2B awarded by Hawaii Indicted Noynoy Aquino fears jail, Court to martial law human rights violations victims sets motion for reconsideration By Macon Araneta By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent FilAm Star Correspondent Admitting that he fears going to jail like his party mate and close politi- Victims of human rights violations cal ally Sen. Leila de Lima, former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III during the Marcos martial law regime said on July 17 he would file a motion for reconsideration on the Ombuds- lost $2 billion in indemnity after the man’s decision indicting him for alleged graft and usurpation of authority in Court of Appeals (CA) denied their pe- connection with the 2015 Mamasapano massacre. tition to enforce the final judgment of This is the first time Aquino faced the possibility of standing trial in the US court awarding them damages court and even possibly going to jail since turning over power to President in the said amount. Duterte last year, although he had received flak under the new administra- Instead, the CA’s 12th division, tion for his supposed mis-handling of the Mamasapano operation as well as sustained the ruling issued by the Re- the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program.