Ambulance on standby in case Zaldy Ampatuan gets permission to return to hospital — NCRPO

An ambulance is on standby in Camp Bagong Diwa, in case the court allows former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Rizaldy "Zaldy" Ampatuan to return to hospital after the promulgation of decision, according to the police on Thursday.

"Si Governor Zaldy Ampatuan na galing sa hospital, nagrequest 'yung staff niya na nandyan na 'yung galing sa hospital na ambulance," National Capital Region Police Office chief Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas said in an ambush interview.

"Nandyan ngayon naka-ready, in case payagan sila ng judge na bumalik sa ospital. Inallow na rin namin, pero kung wala [permission] paalisin na lang namin [ang ambulansya]," he added.

Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the seven members of the Ampatuan clan who are main accused, returned to his detention cell in Camp Bagong Diwa on Wednesday after he got confined in the Makati Medical Center for more than 40 days due to stroke.

He was ordered by the court to do so, days before the promulgation of the decision set on December 19.

Zaldy Ampatuan was among the accused who were sentenced to reclusion  perpetua on Thursday. — RSJ, GMA News