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    'Mercy mission' rejected; China says Filipino's execution to push through Dec. 8

    China has refused a visit from Vice President Jejomar C. Binay to ask for mercy for a Filipino on death row, and said the man's execution will not be delayed, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday.

    On Sunday, all Masses in Catholic Churches will be offered for the intention of saving the convicted Filipino drug trafficker in response to Binay’s request to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). CBCP president Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma instructed all dioceses to offer Masses to ask for divine intervention for the commutation of the execution.

    The 35-year-old is scheduled to be executed on December 8 after he was caught on Sept. 13, 2008 at the Guilin International Airport in Guangxi, China, trying to smuggle about 1.495 kilos (about 3 pounds, 5 ounces) of heroin into China from Malaysia.

    “The Chinese government has informed the Philippine government that the verdict of the Supreme People’s Court of China is final and executory,” DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez said.

    China added that it will do everything to assist the family of the convicted Filipino, whose identity and origin have been kept from media by both the DFA and Office of the Vice President.

    Hernandez said the DFA is making arrangements to fly relatives of the condemned Filipino to China so they would be able to see their loved one.

    “We have also been informed that the Chinese side is unable to arrange the visit of Vice President Binay to China at this time,” Hernandez said.

    Binay, Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFW) Concerns, had been awaiting a go-signal from Beijing to push through with the visit, which is tantamount to a last-ditch effort to at least delay the scheduled execution.

    Despite this becoming a major blow to the Filipino convict’s family, the DFA expressed hope that the Vice President would still be allowed by Chinese authorities to go to Beijing.

    Once there, the Binay will personally hand to Chinese President Hu Jintao a letter of appeal from President Benigno S. Aquino III requesting a commutation of the death sentence “based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds”.

    Binay was in a similar situation last February when he reportedly met with three high-ranking officials in Beijing to ask for a stay of the executions of convicted Filipino drug traffickers Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, and Elizabeth Batain. They were eventually executed after a brief stay.

    The executions triggered widespread condemnation in the Philippines, where capital punishment was abolished in 2006.

    Meanwhile, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is now hunting down the Filipino who recruited the doomed Filipino.

    PDEA Director General Jose Gutierrez Jr. said that they have already identified the recruiter.

    Source: Manila Bulletin, December 3, 2011

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    Doomed Pinoy's kin China-bound

    Four relatives of a convicted Filipino drug trafficker in China – who is scheduled for execution this Thursday – will be flown to the country Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.

    “The plan is for them to fly to China tomorrow (Tuesday). (There are) four family members,” DFA Spokesperson Raul Hernandez told the Manila Bulletin.

    This developed even as the family of the convicted 35-year-old male overseas Filipino worker (OFW) – whose name has been kept a closely-guarded secret – struggled with the apparent refusal of Beijing to allow the “mercy” trip of Vice President Jejomar Binay.

    Binay was supposed to hand-carry a letter of appeal written by President Benigno S. Aquino III to Chinese President Hu Jintao, requesting the commutation of the convict’s death penalty to life imprisonment.

    A news report published on this daily over the weekend revealed that the doomed Filipino is a native of Orion, Bataan.

    “I cannot disclose the identity and the origin of the Filipino and his family here in the Philippines as they have requested the DFA not to do this,” answered Hernandez when asked to confirm key details of the report.

    “We would like to respect the wishes of the family for privacy at this difficult time of their lives,” the DFA official added.

    The OFW’s family, in a statement released through the DFA last week, said they were “devastated” to learn that the death sentence meted out on their kin had been upheld by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in Beijing.

    Meanwhile, Malacañang said on Monday it remains hopeful that the Chinese government will change its mind on the planned execution of the Filipino drug convict this Thursday.

    Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said President Aquino has yet to receive a reply from Chinese President Hu Jintao, regarding the former’s letter of appeal, urging the Chinese government to commute the death sentence of the convicted OFW.

    Nevertheless, Lacierda said the Philippine government will continue to remain hopeful that the Filipino would be spared from death.

    “We’re going through the diplomatic channels. That is the standard procedure. In fact, the scheduling is being coordinated by the DFA so that is as far as we know,” Lacierda said.

    Aquino said last week that he had sent a letter of appeal to President Hu to ask for the commutation of the death penalty imposed on the Filipino convict.

    The 35-year-old Filipino national was convicted for smuggling 1.495 kilos of heroin in Guangxi after he was apprehended on Sept. 13, 2008 at the Guilin International Airport from Malaysia.

    It was recalled that only last March, three Filipino “drug mules” were executed in China.

    China strictly imposes tough penalties against persons caught in possession of prohibited or dangerous drugs.

    http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/343761...kin-chinabound

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    The problem with Filipinos is that they greatly lack discipline, as well as law and order. Any offense in the Philippines including murder can be dismissed if the person is willing and able to pay out the right amount of money. This doesn't work in China. They mean business when it comes to enforcing their laws. Filipinos actually feel 'discriminated' against when someone holds them accountable for their actions. Like Michael said, I also don't agree with giving the death penalty for drug cases. However, it is their law. Anyone who violates it can expect to be dealt with severely.

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    'Prisoner swap' can't save doomed Pinoy

    Even a “prisoner swap” can’t save a Filipino drug trafficker from execution in China, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.

    There is as yet no official Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement (TSPA) between the Philippines and China, DFA Spokesman Raul Hernandez said.

    The agreement is already in the works, Hernandez said. But even if it is signed on time, it still will not cover the case of the 35-year-old Filipino who is awaiting execution in China.

    “The negotiations (for the TSPA) are ongoing, although it will not apply to death penalty cases,” he said.

    Only convicts with life sentences and “fixed terms” will be covered by the agreement that is being negotiated between the Aquino administration and the Chinese government.

    The Philippines already has TSPAs with Canada, Cuba, Spain, Thailand and Hong Kong, which is one of China’s Special Administrative Regions (SAR)s.

    The Filipino, who was caught smuggling 1.495 kilos of heroin in Guilin from Malaysia in 2008, is scheduled for execution this morning. The death sentence was upheld by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in Beijing late last month, with his identity kept from media as per the request of the his family.

    Hernandez said four of the Filipino’s relatives had been flown to China for what may be a final meeting. “They arrived (in) Guangzhou yesterday (Tuesday),” Hernandez said.

    “This morning (Wednesday) there was a mass offered for their brother. And this afternoon they will be flying to Guilin,” he said.

    China has stringent laws against drug offenders. Last March 30, it executed convicted Filipino drug traffickers Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, and Elizabeth Batain, via lethal injection.

    Credo, Villanueva and Batain were informed about their death sentences on the very day of their execution.

    Hernandez also reported a drop in the number of drug cases in China.

    “The cases of Filipino drug couriers in China peaked in 2008 up to 2009, and it lessened in 2011. There is a decrease in drug-related cases in China because of what happened last March,” he said.

    The DFA lists 208 drug-related cases filed against Filipinos in China.

    There are 70 other death penalty cases with a two-year reprieve, which means the death penalty could be commuted to life imprisonment.

    There are 45 cases of life imprisonment, 80 cases of fixed term imprisonment, and 12 cases pending in the lower courts.

    Hernandez cited several cases in the past where British, Japanese, Afghanistan, and other nationals appealed to China to be more lenient to their own drug couriers, but to no avail.

    “We are still hoping. We are still praying that a miracle will happen,” he said.

    The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has already ordered a thorough manhunt for the Filipino’s recruiter, who has been identified by other drug mules in China as a female.

    On Wednesday, Vice President Jejomar Binay asked the Filipino people to pray for a miracle that would spare the Filipino from the execution.

    Binay, who left Wednesday afternoon for Indonesia, said he is praying that the Chinese government will grant the Philippines’ appeal to give the sentenced Filipino a reprieve or a commutation of sentence.

    The Vice President will attend the democracy forum in Bali.

    http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/343999...e-doomed-pinoy

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    China farmer gets death penalty for poisoning milk

    A Chinese dairy farmer has been sentenced to death for lacing her rival's milk supply with industrial salt, causing the deaths of three young children, state media said Friday.

    China has been plagued by a slew of food safety scandals. The government cracked down after the industrial chemical melamine was added to milk products to appear to bolster the protein content. That 2008 scandal had nationwide reach and left six children dead and sickened 300,000.

    But the latest case was isolated. A local court in Pingliang city in far western China's Gansu province found Ma Xiuling guilty of deliberately adding nitrite to the milk of a dairy farming couple in revenge for some business disputes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

    Earlier reports said a month-old baby and two children younger than 2 died. Xinhua said 36 people were hospitalized.

    The Gansu Daily newspaper said Ma's husband, Wu Guangquan, was sentenced to life in prison for purchasing the poison.

    Both Ma and her husband have lodged appeals, Xinhua said.

    Read more: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news...#ixzz1g2EKFfLy

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    Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, is due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday.

    A South African woman is due to be executed by the Chinese government for smuggling drugs into that country, eNews channel reported on Sunday.

    Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, from KwaZulu Natal who was caught carrying three kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in November 2008, is due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday.

    Linden who has exhausted all possible appeal processes is not aware of her impending execution as is the practice of the Chinese government, the report said.

    The condemned are only told on the morning of the execution.

    Two of Linden's sisters are in China and will be allowed an hour with her before she is put to death. They are expected to fly home through Hong Kong after seeing their sister.

    http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw...ail&pid=287226

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heidi View Post
    Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, is due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday.



    Linden who has exhausted all possible appeal processes is not aware of her impending execution as is the practice of the Chinese government, the report said.

    The condemned are only told on the morning of the execution.
    You know, I've always found this somehow more humane. I'd much rather NOT know the exact time of my death, rather than knowing and spending months thinking about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
    You know, I've always found this somehow more humane. I'd much rather NOT know the exact time of my death, rather than knowing and spending months thinking about it.
    Maybe so, but I don't see $36,000 to $108,000 (street value..depending on purity) of meth worth a life. In a country with a population of 1,338,299,500.

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    China executes about 4,000 people a year, reports U.S. group

    A U.S. human rights group reported that the number of executions in China has dropped in half, to roughly 4,000 per year.

    The figure emerged in discussions with Chinese officials at a conference earlier this month, reported Dui Hua, a San Francisco-based organization focusing on human rights in China.

    The drop came about as a result of legal changes in 2007 that required death penalties to be reviewed by the Supreme People’s Court. Nevertheless, China puts more people to death each year than any other country in the world.

    "China has made dramatic progress in reducing the number of executions, but the number is still far too high and declining far too slowly," John Kamm, executive director of Dui Hua, said in a statement released Tuesday.

    During a conference in Hangzhou this month, more than 20 Chinese scholars and officials discussed the death penalty. Although China doesn’t disclose the number of executions it carries out, a participant at the meeting said the number had dropped in half since 2007. Dui Hua had estimated in 2006 that China conducted 8,000 executions, so it now believes the number closer to 4,000.

    "Chinese participants reiterated China’s long-term goal of abolishing the death penalty, but there was disagreement over when abolition would occur," Dui Hua said in a statement.

    China is in the process of reforming its criminal code to reduce the number of crimes punishable by death. In February, it eliminated from the list grave robbery, smuggling rare animals, tax cheating, the theft of fossils, and the smuggling of silver and gold.

    Amnesty International has reported that China carries out more execution than all other countries in the world combined. Excluding China, it counted a total of 527 executions in 2010.

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/worl...xecutions.html

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    Family relives horror of sister's execution

    JANICE Bronwyn Linden went to her death not knowing that her mom had died in October.

    Instead, the 36-year-old from Austerville in Durban was actually looking forward to celebrating Christmas in China's notorious Guangdong Prison.

    On Monday morning, just 90 minutes before her execution, she assumed her appearance before three judges in Guangdong High Court was just a formality for her appeal against her death sentence.

    But she was hastily removed from the court and executed by lethal injection in an isolated room on the prison grounds.

    This week SA's ambassador to China, Bheki Langa, revealed details of Linden's final day. "At 9am on Monday, she was still not informed that her execution would be carried out that day. By 10.30am, she was executed," said Langa.

    Linden had left SA to work in a hotel in the UK. She was sentenced in July 2009 following her conviction for smuggling 3kg of crystal methamphetamine (tik) into Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, southern China, in November 2008. She always maintained her innocence, saying the drugs had been planted in her luggage.

    Both the Guangdong High Court and the Supreme Court in Beijing rejected her appeal. Under Article 347 of China's Criminal Law, anyone found guilty of smuggling or trafficking more than 50g of heroin or other drugs will be put to death. Said Langa: "Linden did not appear distressed but looked puzzled [in court] ... it appeared she did not quite understand the purpose of the court appearance. She was unaware she was going to be executed that very same day."

    He said the reason given by authorities for this was that "they would [then] have to put death row prisoners on suicide watch. But everything happened very fast. It's quite a stressful matter," he said.

    Langa said another difficult moment was when Linden's sisters - Priscilla Mthalane and Nomalwazi Mhlope - arrived in China on Friday last week. The two were escorted by the consul general in Shanghai, Tembi Tambo.

    "The consul general, who was only made aware of Linden's execution date on November 26, took care of the sisters from the moment they arrived in China until they departed on Sunday night," he said.

    On Sunday two diplomats accompanied Linden's sisters to prison.

    Some of the conditions of the 30-minute visit were they were not allowed to tell Linden about the execution or that their mother, Virginia, had died in October. When the sisters saw each other, they all cried "tears of joy". On Thursday, at the family's home in Austerville, Mthalane said: "We weren't allowed to say much to her. It was so difficult for us."

    They were refused permission to take a photograph with her or to sprinkle holy water on her, as they are Catholics, and were instructed to only communicate in English, she said. Mthalane said Linden burst into tears at the end of the visit.

    "She told us they were tears of joy. She said she wouldn't eat that afternoon because she was filled with joy and would have a good Christmas and New Year."

    As the tearful sisters prepared to leave, she asked them to visit her again soon.

    http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/201...er-s-execution

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