Binay’s spokesman Joey Salgado said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is now making the necessary arrangements for Binay’s trip to China “at the earliest time possible.”
The Vice President was saddened by reports that the Filipino, who was convicted for carrying 1.495 kilos of heroin, was scheduled for execution next week.
“He (Binay) has been instructed by the President to appeal the ruling personally. The DFA is making arrangements with Beijing,” Salgado said.
A Chinese court has upheld the drug trafficking conviction of the Filipino despite appeals for clemency from President Aquino.
The 35-year-old man was arrested on Sept. 13, 2008 at the Guilin International Airport in China while trying to smuggle the illegal drugs into Guangxi province from Malaysia, the DFA said yesterday.
His death sentence was confirmed by a Chinese court in late November.
Smuggling more than 50 grams of heroin or other drugs is punishable by death in China.
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By Jose Rodel Clapano (The Philippine Star)
