Death of 3 OFWs in China

At about 10:40 this morning, Sally Villanueva and Ramon Credo were executed through lethal injection. A few minutes after Elizabeth Batain's execution followed. The families of the convicted OFWs were not allowed to witness the execution.At noon, they were able to see them again but no life. Credo's family decided to cremate his remains.However, Sally and Elizabeth's will be sent in the Philippines by next week.The families who were in China will arrive in the country tonight while Batain's family will be back tomorrow.

Sally's last message for her parents was to look after her two children and their  house in Isabela. She asked her mother and father to send them to school. It was said that the president will shoulder the school expenses including the children of Ramon and Elizabeth.

I felt grief for Sally after knowing that she was not able to talk to her children in the Philippines over the phone and it seemed that she had no idea about her execution today but accepted her fate later on.

The execution of three Filipinos in a row in a day serves as a lesson to Philippine government and to every Filipino who wants to earn much money in an easy yet illegal way. This event has something to do on export labor issue and security measures at the airport. May we all be awakened with what happened to Sally, Ramon and Elizabeth.They were caught bringing prohibited drugs in China's airport  but left unnoticed in Philippine territory.

3 Filipinos in China's Death Row

Vice President Jejomar Binay was tasked by the president  to go to China and do what he can to lower the death sentence of three Filipinos. He was supposed to leave today but the Chinese government replied to their request that it's not the right time.

In Binay's press conference this morning he said that they are very optimistic and hopeful that something better can happen as long as the execution  is not yet at hand although the Chinese said it's already final. Sally Ordinario Villanueva is one of the convicted Filipinos.She is sentenced to death by lethal injection on the 21st.Sally was caught having 4 kilos of heroin upon entering Xiamin on Christmas Day of 2008.

The Philippine government strongly believes that they've been doing their part to help the Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs. If you ask me, I don't think we can change China's decision about the incident because the crime happened in their jurisdiction.My country would probably do the same if a foreigner breaks our law.However, we don't know the real story because according to Sally, she doesn't own the drugs. She just did a favor to her employer by bringing an extra suitcase when she left for China that contains prohibited drugs. On the other hand, that's still considered as possession and thus violates the anti-drug law.

What do you think? Is it right for us to save a Filipino soul like Sally Villanueva?

Update: ( March 29,2011)

The execution was postponed when Binay went to China to appeal.Elizabeth Batain and  Ramon Credo along with Sally Villanueva are scheduled to be executed tomorrow (March 30) in China. The Philippine government helped their families to fly to China and see their love ones for the last time. They will be given an hour to be with their convicted family member before the execution.Vice President Binay sent another letter for China informing that the NBI has the custody of Sally's recruiter and still hoping that the death penalty will be lifted.Binay is calling every Filipino to be with him in prayers.It was reported that China's decision is final and all we can do is accept it.