BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: The body of an overseas Filipino worker in East Timor who died of a heart attack on April 28 has not yet been sent back to the country.

Gloria Panganiban, coordinator of the Assistance Council for Vizcayano Overseas Workers, said the corpse of Paul Col-coli, the carpenter who worked in war-torn East Timor, should have arrived at the Manila International Airport on Tuesday (May 22), but the crew of the C-130 plane transporting Filipino children from the country decided to leave the body behind because of its foul odor.

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