Jan. 26
IRAN----executions
4 Prisoners Hanged on Drug Charges
On the mornings of Monday January 23 and Wednesday January 25, 4 prisoners were
hanged in 2 different prisons on drug related charges.
According to close sources, at least 2 prisoners were hanged at Karaj's Ghezel
Hesar Prison on January 25 on drug related charges. The prisoners have been
identified as Majid Askari and Rahman Nourian. They were reportedly transferred
from their prison cells to solitary confinement two days before their
execution.
"Majid was arrested 6 years ago for one kilogram and 100 grams of crystal meth,
and he was sentenced to death by the revolutionary court," a source close to
Mr. Askari tells Iran Human Rights.
Iran Human Rights had warned about the imminent executions of Mr. Askari and
Mr. Nourian.
Close sources also report on 2 executions which were carried out at Maragheh
Prison on January 23 on drug related charges. The prisoners have been
identified as Iraj Ghafouri and Hossein Fatemi.
"Iraj Ghafouri was arrested approximately 4 years and 7 months ago for 800
grams of crystal meth and some opium. Hossein Fatemi was also arrested in 2012,
he was sentenced to death for the charge of trafficking 500 grams of crystal
meth and 700 grams of crack," a close source tells Iran Human Rights.
Executions for drug related charges are increasing in Iran while the Iranian
Parliament has proposed a law to limit the use of the death penalty for drug
charges. The law must first be approved by Iran's Guardian Council, and it is
not clear whether it would actually lead to a reduction in the number of drug
related executions. Additionally, members of parliament recently wrote a letter
to the head of the Judiciary calling for a halt to the execution sentences of
about 5,000 prisoners who are on death row for allegedly committing drug
related offenses.
(source: iranhumanrights)
KUWAIT:
First Executions in 4 Years ---- Government Hangs 7 People in a Day
Kuwait carried out 7 executions by hanging on January 25, 2017, the 1st time
the Gulf state carried out the death penalty in 4 years, Human Rights Watch
said today. Kuwait's decision reflects a growing trend in the region to
increase the use of, or lift moratoriums on, the death penalty.
Kuwait executed 2 nationals, including a member of the royal family, an
Ethiopian woman, a Filipina woman, two Egyptian men, and a Bangladeshi man in
Kuwait's central prison, according to KUNA, Kuwait's state news agency. The
executions were the 1st in Kuwait since 2013, when Kuwait executed 5 people.
The 2013 executions ended a de facto death penalty moratorium that had been in
place since 2007.
"Executing 7 people in 1 day shows Kuwait is moving in exactly the wrong
direction on the death penalty," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director
at Human Rights Watch. "The Kuwait government should be reinstating the
moratorium on the death penalty instead of hanging 7 people."
Kuwaiti courts convicted all 7 of those executed of violent offenses between
2007 and 2011, including 6 for murder and 1 for kidnapping and rape. The
Filipina and Ethiopian women, migrant domestic workers, were convicted of
murdering members of their employers' families, according to Al Jazeera, and
the member of the royal family who was executed, Sheikh Al-Sabah, was found
guilty of killing his nephew, also a royal, in 2010.
Courts sentenced the Kuwaiti woman to death for having set fire to a wedding
tent in 2009, killing almost 60 people. The 2 Egyptian men were also convicted
of murder, and the Bangladeshi man of kidnapping and rape, according to KUNA.
Human Rights Watch has documented due process violations in Kuwait's criminal
justice system that have made it difficult for defendants to get a fair trial,
including in capital cases. Kuwait maintains the death penalty for non-violent
offenses, including drug smuggling.
In the regional trend to increasing use of the death penalty, in January, 2017,
Bahrain ended a 6-year de facto moratorium on the death penalty, executing
three people. In December 2014, Jordan ended its 8-year moratorium on the death
penalty, executing 11 people. Saudi Arabia and Iran consistently have some of
the world's highest execution rates. Saudi Arabia has executed more than 400
people since the beginning of 2014, and human rights groups in Iran report the
country may have executed as many as 437 in 2016 alone.
Human Rights Watch opposes capital punishment in all countries and under all
circumstances. Capital punishment is unique in its cruelty and finality, and it
is inevitably and universally plagued with arbitrariness, prejudice, and error.
A majority of countries in the world have abolished the practice. In 2012,
following similar resolutions in 2007, 2008, and 2010, the United Nations
General Assembly called on countries to establish a moratorium on the use of
the death penalty, progressively restrict the practice, and reduce the offenses
for which it might be imposed, all with the view toward its eventual abolition.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also called on countries to abolish the
death penalty.
"Kuwait's killing of 7 people on January 25 highlights the alarming trend in
the region for countries to return to or increasingly use the death penalty,"
Whitson said. "The death penalty is inherently cruel and should never be used,
regardless of the crime."
(source: Human Righs Watch)
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Filipino worker executed in Kuwait
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday confirmed the execution by
hanging of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jakatia Pawa in Kuwait.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the execution today of Jakatia Pawa,
a Filipina OFW in Kuwait," DFA Spokesperson Charles C. Jose said in press
conference on Wednesday. "She was executed at 10:19 a.m. Kuwait time," he
added.
"Ms. Pawa was sentenced to death by the Kuwaiti Criminal Court on April 14,
2008 for allegedly killing the daughter of her employer," Mr. Jose continued.
"The alleged incident took place on May 14, 2007."
The sentence was affirmed by the Kuwaiti Supreme Court on 2010.
"Since 2007, the department has pursued different channels in our effort to
save the life of Ms. Pawa, including intercessions led by then President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo," Mr. Jose continued. "The embassy had always been unrelenting
to appeal of the family of the victim given the tanazul or letter of
forgiveness in favor of Ms. Pawa, but to no avail."
"The decision of the family of the victim, in this particular case... was not
amenable to giving of the blood money in order to issue the tanazul," he added.
"The [Philippine] embassy [in Kuwait] was informed by the authorities only
yesterday. They were told that the execution will be implemented today."
6 others were also executed on Wednesday, including Sheikh Faisal Abdullah
Al-Sabah, the 1st royal to be executed in the emirate, was convicted of killing
another member of the ruling family in 2010 over a dispute.
Jakatia Pawa, a native of Zamboanga Sibugay, left behind 2 children.
She was able to call her brother, Lt. Col. Gary Pawa, on Wednesday morning, to
inform him of her execution.
"We pray for her and her bereaved family," Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto C.
Abella said in a statement, adding:
"The Philippine government has provided the late Pawa all the assistance
necessary to ensure all her legal rights are respected and all legal procedures
are followed. The government likewise exerted all efforts to preserve her life,
including diplomatic means and appeals for compassion."
"Execution, however, could no longer be forestalled under Kuwaiti laws."
In her statement, Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo said: "We offer our
most sincere condolences to the family of Jakatia Pawa."
"We hope to connect with their family and help them through this trying time,"
she added. "We enjoin everyone to continue working for the welfare of our
overseas Filipinos, who sacrifice every day for their family and our country."
Senator Cynthia S. Villar in her statement said she believes Pawa was innocent.
"[Pawa] has professed innocence since the day she was arrested in 2007 and has
not changed her statement until now," read Ms. Villar's statement issued before
Pawa's death was announced. "The DNA found on the murder weapon did not match
Jakatia's DNA, and there was no motive involved since Jakatia has been
faithfully and peacefully serving her Kuwaiti employer for 5 years prior to her
arrest."
In a separate statement issued after the announcement of Pawa's death, Ms.
Villar said: "Instead of finger-pointing, let us come together in making sure
that her 2 children will be able to continue their studies. I urge the Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration to prioritize the grant of assistance to the
family of Jakatia."
For his part, Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor,
noted in his statement: "At present, there are 68 death penalty cases being
faced by our OFWs in several parts of the world."
"It is our continuous call for the concerned government agencies to strictly
monitor their cases and prevent another incident like this to happen in the
future."
(source: Business World Online)
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Pawa execution a case vs reimposition of death penalty in PH-CBCP
The execution of Jakatia Pawa in Kuwait only stresses that the death penalty
should never be reinstated in the country.
This was the stance of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines as
bishops expressed their sympathies with the family of Pawa, who was hanged on
Wednesday afternoon.
CBCP president and Lingayen-Dagupan archbishop Socrates Villegas extended the
CBCP's condolences to the kin of the Filipina, who was executed for allegedly
killing her employer's daughter.
In a statement, Villegas expressed sadness at Pawa's fate, which he noted only
underscores his abhorrence at capital punishment.
"The fact that Jakatia protested her innocence to the end of her life only
underscores the abhorrence at the death penalty. The sadness that we feel at
Jakatia's death should make us all advocates against the death penalty," he
said on Thursday.
Pawa was executed on Wednesday afternoon in Kuwait for allegedly killing her
employer's 22-year-old daughter in May 2007.
Her hanging caught the public by surprise, although the Department of Foreign
Affairs said Malacanang was aware of her case and that all efforts were made to
save her life.
Balanga bishop Ruperto Santos also expressed sadness at Pawa's death, adding
that a life and a dream was lost and shattered.
"Whatever region or religion she is a Filipina. She is one of us. And we are
affected. We have to do something. Life matters," said Santos, chairperson of
the CBCP's Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant
People.
The prelate urged the government to save other overseas Filipino workers who
are imprisoned for various crimes in other countries.
"The government should be not complacent nor rely on last 2 minutes. They have
to act, decisively and swiftly for who are incarcerated," he said.
Like Villegas, Santos called on the government not to push through with its
plan to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes, citing Pawa's plight.
"If there will be penalty in our country, we will lose any moral authority and
legality to ask clemency for our Filipinos who are sentenced to death," he
added.
(source: newsinfo.inquirer.net)
MIDDLE EAST:
Kuwait executions part of worrying trend: Rights group
Kuwait's decision to hang 7 people - including a member of its royal family -
is part of a worrying regional rise in the use of execution, Human Rights Watch
said on Thursday.
"Kuwait's killing of seven people on January 25 highlights the alarming trend
in the region for countries to return to or increasingly use the death
penalty," said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East director.
The executions on Wednesday were the 1st in Kuwait since mid-2013, when 5
people were hanged in 2 months following an earlier moratorium of 6 years.
Those executed this week were 2 Kuwaitis and 5 foreigners - 2 Egyptian men, a
Bangladeshi man, a woman from the Philippines and a woman from Ethiopia.
6 of those hanged on Wednesday were convicted of murder, including a member of
the ruling family and a woman who burned dozens of people to death at a wedding
party.
"Executing 7 people in one day shows Kuwait is moving in exactly the wrong
direction on the death penalty," Whitson said.
"The Kuwaiti government should be reinstating the moratorium on the death
penalty instead of hanging 7 people," she said.
HRW said use of the death penalty was on the rise across the Middle East.
Earlier this month, Bahrain ended a 6-year de facto moratorium on the death
penalty, executing 3 people.
Jordan in December 2014 executed 11 people for the 1st time in 8 years.
Saudi Arabia and Iran consistently have some of the world's highest execution
rates, HRW said.
Since the beginning of 2014, Saudi Arabia has executed more than 400 people,
and human rights groups in Iran report the country may have executed as many as
437 last year alone.
Amnesty International also condemned the Kuwaiti executions as "shocking and
deeply regrettable."
(source: Middle East Eye)
UNITED KINGDOM/BAHRAIN:
British MPs call for action on Bahrain executions
UK Members of Parliament called on the British Foreign Office to file a
complaint against the Bahraini government, and to call for an investigations
into torture in the Kingdom. They also demanded their government to interfere
concerning the death sentences of Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali Moussa.
The UK has come under increased pressure to speak out over Bahrain's human
rights record, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to strengthen trade links
following Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
"Recent developments in Bahrain are troubling," said Margaret Ferrier, a
Scottish National Party MP who chairs Westminster's All-Party Parliamentary
Group on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf, "The New Arab" reported.
"A week ago we saw the first death sentences carried out in country since 2010,
and concerns that more will follow are entirely legitimate", she went on to
say.
"Accusations of the use of torture in Bahrain need to be taken seriously, and
the UK Government needs to act responsibly as a key ally of the country - one
which has been working to support and reform the Bahraini criminal justice
system."
Ferrier also called on the Foreign Office to be "more outspoken."
"It is not enough for it to simply reaffirm the UK's rejection of the death
penalty; it must engage with the Bahraini authorities over the very serious
allegations of the use of torture," Ferrier said.
For his part, Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch,
"Bahrain should not under any circumstances execute 2 more young men,
especially where there is credible evidence of confessions obtained through
torture and unsound convictions."
"Investigations into torture should be conducted before trials not after them,"
Stork said. "Similarly, the UK, France, Germany, and the EU should publicly
condemn this unfair trial and oppose these sentences before Bahrain assembles
its firing squad," he further added.
Mohamad Ramadan and Husain Ali Mousa face the death penalty, despite the
authorities' failure to properly investigate their allegations of torture,
including beatings and electric shocks, a rights group said on Monday.
(source: Ahlul Bayt News Agency)
SOMALIA:
Somali Rape Law Gets 1st Test
A gang rape video recorded in central Somalia could serve as a powerful test
case for Puntland state's new sexual violence statute, and potentially for the
rule of law in general in Somalia.
A group of men arrested and accused of gang raping and stabbing a pair of young
girls in Somalia's Puntland state in December could face the death penalty or
life imprisonment if they are found guilty. That is, if the state takes the
case.
"This case is the 1st case that calls for enforcement of the Sexual Offense
Act," said lawyer Salim Said. "This is a test for Puntland government's
accountability in front of international law, in front of national laws, and
also in front of their people."
A 1st for Somalia
Said drafted the new law, which Puntland enacted in December. It is the 1st law
in all of Somalia to criminalize sexual assault. The new act draws on modern
Western jurisprudence and is compliant with Islamic Sharia law.
In Puntland, the alleged perpetrators recorded the assault of one of the girls
and posted it online, sparking national and international outrage. Somalia's
Minister of Gender Sahra Samantar:
"Impunity is one of our biggest issues in Somalia," said Somalia's Minister of
Gender Sahra Samantar. "A lot of similar rape happens in Somalia ... but it's
not publicly spoken. The fact that they now post it on social media, that gives
at least the whole world to see indeed what happens in Somalia."
Change is the goal
Most rapes go unreported and unpunished in Somalia, but there is hope this case
will usher in change.
According to Said, the new law in Puntland allows prosecutors to bring multiple
charges against the suspects for gang rape, gang rape of an underage girl, and
for posting a video of the assault online.
The charges could lead to up to 30 years in prison.
But since the suspects allegedly used a weapon during the assault, the case
could fall under a section of Sharia law known as hirabah, with even harsher
consequences.
"Whenever they use weapon, means this crime qualifies to hirabah, which,
according to [the] sexual offense bill, qualified either [for the] death
penalty or life imprisonment," Said added.
Local elders dispense justice
But there is no guarantee the law will prevail because Somalia's government,
even at the state level, has little real control after decades of war.
Said said in most parts of Somalia, local clan elders dispense informal justice
through what is known as "customary law." In customary law, rapists often only
pay a fine as punishment, or the victims are forced to marry their attackers.
"Since the collapse of the central government in 1991, customary law is one
which prevails. The power is in the hands of the elders," according to Said.
"They are taking advantage of the weakness of the rule of law, in the weakness
of the government. If the Puntland government want to show that they are
accountable, then I do not think they will hesitate to take action and take
over this case."
Federal bill in works
A bill similar to the Puntland Sexual Offenses Act has been in the federal
parliament for over a year, according to Antonia Mulvey, CEO of Legal Action
Worldwide, which works with Somalia's legal system on sexual assault.
"We want to now use this as an opportunity to present the sexual violence bill
to have public pressure upon them to pass it in its current form," Mulvey said.
"I hope this will galvanize religious leaders and the parliament to move it
forward."
With so much on the line, rights advocates will be closely watching to see if
the accused in this case in Puntland wind up in a state courtroom.
(source: Voice of America News)
MAURITANIA:
Blogger Faces Execution for Apostasy----Supreme Court to Rule on Sentence
A Mauritanian blogger convicted of apostasy faces execution unless the Supreme
Court cancels or commutes his death sentence in a ruling expected on January
31, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The Mauritanian authorities should
drop the charges against Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir and repeal the provision
of its penal code that provides for the death sentence for apostasy.
Authorities arrested Mkhaitir, 30, on January 2, 2014, and charged him with
apostasy on the basis of an article he published three days earlier on the
Mauritanian news website Aqlame. The article said that some people in
Mauritania use religion to justify racial or caste discrimination, citing
examples from the life of the Prophet Muhammad to condemn the practice. His
article prompted demonstrations by thousands in front of the presidential
palace. On December 25, 2014, a court convicted Mkhaitir and sentenced him to
death on the basis that he had "spoken lightly" of the prophet.
"Mkhaitir should be free to write without fear of being prosecuted, let alone
executed, just as protesters should be free to demonstrate against what he
wrote," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human
Rights Watch.
Under Mauritania's penal code, the Supreme Court has the power to cancel or
reduce an apostasy sentence if the convicted person repents.
A March 2015 letter signed by 6 Mauritanian human rights and other
nongovernmental organizations, and 16 African and other international
organizations, called for Mkhaitir's immediate release on the basis that the
charges against him violate his right to free expression. They cited the fact
that he had repented twice: in a pretrial hearing at a military police station,
and again during his trial in December 2014. Mkhaitir repented again at the
Nouadhibou Court of Appeals, but on April 21, 2016, the appeals court upheld
his death sentence, which leaves the Supreme Court as the court of last resort.
Article 306 of Mauritania's penal code provides for the death penalty for
apostasy, but states that if the defendant repents before a court ruling, the
Supreme Court has the authority to assess the validity of the defendant's
repentance and cancel the death sentence or reduce it to a prison term of
between 3 months and 2 years and a fine of between 5,000 and 60,000 ouguiya
(US$14-$167).
According to a 2015 US State Department report, Mauritania has never since its
independence in 1960 carried out a death sentence for apostasy. Article 6 of
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which
Mauritania has ratified, states that countries that have not abolished the
death penalty should reserve it "only for the most serious crimes." Human
Rights Watch opposes the death penalty in all circumstances because of its
inherent cruelty.
Addressing the thousands of anti-Mkhaitir demonstrators who had gathered in
front of his palace on January 10, 2014, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was
quoted in media reports as saying that the article constituted a "hideous
crime" and the media "should respect our religion and not harm it under any
circumstances." In a televised interview on April 4, 2014, the president said
that he did not believe that Mkhaitir was aware of the seriousness of what he
had written.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee, the body of independent experts that
monitors state compliance with the ICCPR, has said in a general comment on
article 19, which outlines the right to freedom of expression, that
"prohibitions of displays of lack of respect for a religion or other belief
system, including blasphemy laws, are incompatible with the Covenant," unless
they constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence.
(source: Human Rights Watch)
PHILIPPINES:
Duterte restoring death penalty to speed up OFW executions
The Duterte administration's push for death penalty puts more overseas Filipino
workers (OFW) on death row at risk of getting executed sooner than later,
opposition lawmakers said on Thursday.
Rep. Jose Atienza of Buhay party-list and Rep. Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao issued
the warning in light of the death of 44-year-old OFW Jakatia Pawa who was put
to death by the Kuwait government on Wednesday afternoon for the murder of her
employer's 22-year-old daughter.
"One of the many repercussions of the return of the death penalty is that the
Philippine government would be deprived of the moral high ground when it comes
to our official appeals for clemency to foreign governments to spare the lives
of our citizens who are facing execution. It would be highly problematic for us
to plead with other governments for compassion if we ourselves are killing our
own citizens here," Atienza said in a statement.
"Once Congress reinstates death sentences here [and]President Rodrigo Duterte
makes good on his threat to execute 5 to 6 malefactors every day, a greater
number of Filipino citizens on death row abroad are bound to be executed by
foreign governments. We would have more Jakatia Pawas," he added.
Pawa, who worked as a household service worker in Kuwait, is survived by her 2
children.
In 2012, she lost her husband, who was shot to death in their home province in
Mindanao.
"We cannot implore foreign governments to uphold universally recognized human
rights, including the right to life, if we ourselves do not respect the
sanctity of every human life," Atienza argued.
Baguilat, who is also against the pending death penalty bill, which is a
priority legislation of the Duterte administration, shared Atienza's
sentiments.
"Of course, our government loses its moral ascendancy and credibility to ask
for clemency when it sees nothing wrong in exacting justice through the death
penalty," Baguilat said.
According to government records, at least 87 Filipinos are facing the death
penalty abroad, mostly in Malaysia and China.
These 87 include Mary Jane Veloso, the 31-year-old Filipino woman who was
supposed to be executed by firing squad in Indonesia last year but obtained a
last-minute reprieve on the appeal of then-Philippine President Benigno Aquino
3rd and the arrest of Veloso's illegal recruiters in Manila.
(source: Manila Times)
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Philippines' Duterte wants to hang rogue cops behind Korean's murder
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte apologized to South Korea on Thursday
after policemen killed one of its citizens, then said he wanted to hang rogue
police and send their heads to Seoul.
He called again for the death penalty to be reinstated so that he could hang 20
criminals a day.
Duterte promised the toughest punishment for those behind the kidnapping and
killing of businessman Jee Ick-joo inside the national police headquarters in
October.
"I will see to it that they are sentenced to the maximum," he said of the
policemen. "You give that power to me back again, I will execute them... I'll
hang them in 1 day, 20 of them - 20 a day."
He added: "You sons of bitches, you policemen. You will suffer. I can maybe
send your heads to South Korea."
The death of the South Korean comes as the Philippine police face growing
criticism from rights groups and some lawmakers, who say cover-ups and abuses
of police power are rampant.
Duterte's critics, however, say he is to blame for creating a culture of
impunity by promising to protect police on the front lines of his war on drugs.
The police accused of kidnapping and killing Jee were anti-narcotics officers.
Capital punishment has been a priority for Duterte, whose allies introduced a
death penalty bill in Congress on June 30 last year, the same day as his
inauguration.
The draft, which is still being debated, says existing laws are no deterrent
and had "emasculated" the criminal justice system. The death penalty was
repealed in 2006 following pressure from church groups.
A Senate investigation into Jee's killing began on Thursday with police chief
Ronald dela Rosa, a close ally of Duterte, saying he was "overcome by shame".
"All indications point to an elaborate web of criminal activity by some police
personnel operating under the cover of legitimate police operations," he told
the hearing.
(source: Reuters)
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Duterte: We know Korean's killers; they'll suffer maximum penalties
President Duterte said on Thursday the Philippine government has pinpointed
those who kidnapped and murdered Korean business executive Jee Ick Joo and that
they would suffer the highest penalty available under the country's Revised
Penal Code and other related laws.
Duterte issued the statement even as the Senate opened an inquiry into Jee Ick
Joo's kidnapping and murder on Thursday and policemen tagged in the heinous
crime immediately pointed at each other and insisted on their own innocence.
The President personally apologized for the grisly crime that happened right
inside Camp Crame near the official residence of PNP Director General Ronald
"Bato" dela Rosa.
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new power plant in Sarangani, Mr.
Duterte also said the government had pinpointed the identities of those who
killed Jee, who died after police seized him from his home using the
government's drug war as a cover.
"I apologize for the death of your compatriot," Mr. Duterte said.
"We're very sorry that it had to happen, but I can assure you those responsible
are known to us already and they will have to go to prison, and I will see to
it that they are sentenced to the maximum," he added.
The Philippines currently has no death penalty.
The President noted that the death penalty was repealed upon the prodding of
the Catholic Church and the "libertarians," but he had already asked Congress
to bring it back.
If death penalty is restored, he said he would hang 20 convicts a day.
He could even send the cadavers to the power plant as fuel, he added,
apparently in jest.
Earlier, Mr. Duterte's spokesperson Ernesto Abella said President Duterte
condoled with Jee's widow, and said the government apologized to the South
Korean government and people for the businessman's death.
(source: newsinfo.inquirer.net)
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