5 Filipino drug mules in China death row

[Dark-Knight]

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5 Filipino drug mules in China death row

MANILA, Philippines—Lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Aquino administration to do all it can to save the lives of five Filipinos in death row in China for drug-related cases.
At the same time, they asked Malacanang to increase to budget of the Department of Labor and Employment intended to provide legal assistance to all overseas Filipino workers in distress in different parts of the world.
Representative Angelo Palmones of the party-list group Alyansa ng mga Grupo ng Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya para sa Mamamayan (Agham) said the current budget of P50 million for this was not enough to cover all expenses for legal assistance to OFWs.
The case of the five Filipinos—a male and four female—was raised by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos during the hearing of the committee on OFW affairs headed by Akbayan party-list Representative Walden Bello.
Bello said the five OFWs badly needed assistance to reverse the ruling on their case and save them from the death chamber.
The Filipinos, now detained in Beijing, were arrested and sentenced for acting as drug couriers.
Palmones said he hopes Chinese authorities will consider the recent arrest of the two leaders of the drug ring in the Philippines who allegedly victimized these five Filipinos to peddle drugs.
On Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs reiterated its warning to Filipinos travelling overseas against carrying or trafficking illegal drugs.
"We warn our countrymen (to refrain) from carrying drugs when travelling overseas and especially not to accept packages which they suspect contain drugs, and also to be wary of the modus operandi being used by drug-trafficking syndicates. If they are caught, they will face very dire circumstances," Conejos said.

In Asia, there are a total of 302 drug-related cases involving Filipinos. Most of the cases are in China (205), Hong Kong (26), and Malaysia (17). There are also more female victims (221 cases) than males.

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Ma-save pa kaha ni sa Philippine Gov't nya fresh pa raba ang nahitabo sa hostage crisis which is mga Chinese ang nangamatay.

[masakiton]

mao na ang balaod sa china.
dapat ma kat on ta ug sunod ug respect sa balaod sa nasud nga ato adto an kai lain2x ug level sa pag implement ug balaod kada nasud

[Motownkid]

Wala pa naapil sa deathrow ang anak ni Chavit Singson?

[Dark-Knight]

Wala pa naapil sa deathrow ang anak ni Chavit Singson?

Wala pa nuon ko kabalita ana bai. Basin sunod na.
Kani sila mga drug courier ra man nya mga babaye ra ba kasagaran. Dako pud siguro sila bayad ani mao mosugot na lang pud wala gahuna-huna sa ila kinabuhi.

[toting]

lisod gyudning kahimtanga.

[tearz777]

ang anak ni chavit delikado na maapil...labi na prominente kaau nga taw.... aquino adminstration lihik namo unsai inyong angay buhaton...

[slyder10]

if guilty of their crimes, they have to suffer the consequences. the govt. shouldn't even try to rescue them. criminals are criminals!! we don't wanna be branded as a govt. who plead for mercy for criminals. because we will do the same to those who commit crimes here. no extradition of whatsoever.

[lestat1116]

angay ba i.save na sila?

[Dark-Knight]

If ila jud to intention for the sake of earning money dili naman sila angay i-rescue sa gov't. Ngano ni-enter?

[SQUiDnine]

ngano gud tawng i save! klaro anang anak Chavit ai! drug lord ayog dagway!