China rejects mercy pleas 3 Pinoy drug couriers to be executed today

By AFP

Mar 30, 2011 12:09 am

THREE Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking in China are due to be put to death today after Chinese authorities rejected appeals for clemency from the Philippine government.

Beijing on Tuesday defended the planned execution of Ramon Credo, 42, Sally Ordinarion-Villanueva, 32, and Elizabeth Batain, 38, on Wednesday morning in separate detention centers.

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