3 Filipinos saved from death row
Vice
President Jejomar C. Binay on Wednesday said that three Filipino
workers were spared the death penalty in Sabah after receiving pardon
from the Malaysian government .
Also in Malaysia, another Filipino was handed down the death
sentence for drug possession, Binay said before he left for Washington
on Tuesday.
The Philippine embassy in Malaysia identified the three as Basir
Omar, Jaliman Salleh and Aldipal Hadani; the death convict was
identified as Eliza San Gabriel Resurreccion, 45 years old.
On Tuesday, Binay talked with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri
Anifah Aman and thanked the Malaysian government for granting the
pardon.
“We sincerely appreciate the grant of pardon and see it as further
validation of the strong ties between the Philippines and Malaysia,”
said Binay, also the presidential adviser on workers’ concerns.
Last January, Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia J. Eduardo Malaya
called on Sabah Governor and Pardons Board Chairman Tun Datuk Seri
Panglima, and asked for his intervention to have the death sentences of
six Filipinos, including the three, commuted.
The Pardons Board handed down on May 22 a decision commuting the
death sentence of Omar to 13 years and 7 months. The new sentence would
commence from the date of pardon.
(Published in the Manila Standard Today newspaper on /2012/May/31) Manila Standard Today, 31/5/2012,3 Filipinos saved from death row
Malaysia pardons 3 Filipinos on death row
MANILA – The Malaysian government has pardoned three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on death row in Sabah.
Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is in the Indonesian capital of
Kuala Lumpur, said Wednesday the three OFWs have been spared the death
penalty in Sabah.
The Philippine Embassy in Malaysia identified the three as Basir Omar, Jaliman Salleh and Aldipal Hadani.
In his talk with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman on
Tuesday, Binay, Presidential Adviser on OFW concerns, thanked the
Malaysian government for granting the pardons.
“We sincerely appreciate the grant of pardon and see it as further
validation of the strong ties between the Philippines and Malaysia,” he
said.
In January, this year, Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia J. Eduardo
Malaya called on Sabah Governor and Pardons Board chairman Tun Datuk
Seri Panglima, and requested for his intervention to commute the death
sentences of six Filipinos, including the three.
The Pardons Board handed down on May 22 a decision commuting the
death sentence of Omar to 13 years and seven months. The new sentence
will commence its counting from the date of pardon.
Meanwhile, the death sentences for Salleh and Hadani were reduced to
15 years imprisonment in a decision rendered on May 14 in Kota Kinabalu.
The two were arrested on July 8, 2008 in Kota Kinabalu when police
found 867.1 grams of cannabis in their bags, and were sentenced to death
by the Sabah High Court on June 25, 2010.
The Vice President cautioned Filipinos in Malaysia not to be lured by
criminal syndicates into becoming drug mules or to engage in the
illegal drug trade. (PNA) - SunStar, 30/5/2012, Malaysia pardons 3 Filipinos on death row
