China rebuffs Noynoy as another OFW convicted 12/15/2010

China rebuffs Noynoy as another OFW convicted

12/15/2010
Another Filipino has been convicted of violating drug laws in China as a Chinese official gave President Aquino the cold shoulder yesterday, saying it was handling the cases of the initial five Filipinos sentenced to death for drug offences according to law after Aquino earlier had linked their fate to his decision to boycott the Nobel peace prize ceremony in Oslo to honor peace laureate Liu Xiaobo who is a dissident in the mainland.

Vice President Jejomar Binay who flew to Guangzhou yesterday to represent the country for the opening ceremonies of the Asian Paralympic Games, said he was informed of the new conviction, adding that he had directed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to extend all possible assistance to a Filipina who works as a teacher in Shanwei City.

The unnamed Filipina is waiting for her trial to start on charges of drug trafficking, which is punishable by death in China, bringing to six the number of Philippine nationals on China’s death row

Aquino had claimed that staying away from Friday’s ceremony had been “in our national interest”, a reference to convicted Filipinos in China..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101215hed5.html