China defers executions
BEIJINGChina has agreed to postpone the executions of three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking, Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay said Friday night. In an unprecedented diplomatic triumph, the high-level Philippine delegation led by Binay secured for the three Filipinos a postponement of their scheduled executions by lethal injection on Monday and Tuesday, according to a joint statement issued by the governments of the Philippines and China. Binay read out the joint statement hours after arriving in Beijing to make a last-ditch appeal for clemency for the Filipinos. Binay said the Chinese side informed Philippine officials of the decision of the Chinese Supreme People’s Court to…
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