Binay warns OFWs anew on drug trade peril
04/11/2011Vice President Jejomar Binay has appealed anew to Filipinos not to be lured by promises of money from drug syndicates and to decline requests to bring luggage or items outside the couantry.
Binay’s statement came after a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that another Filipina is facing death penalty in Indonesia for drug smuggling.
The suspect was appre-hended by Indonesian authorities at the Adi Sumarmo Airport in Solo, Central Java, for possession of 1.193 kilograms of class I type of heroin last April 3, four days after three Filipinos were executed in China for the same offense.
“I’m asking our countrymen not to accept packages containing drugs in exchange for money. You should not be lured by promises of money and.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110411hed5.html
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