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Death row Filipinos' fate up in PH-Malaysia Oct meet

(UPDATE) THE FATE of 56 Filipinos currently on death row in Malaysia will be decided when the Philippines-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) convenes in October 2023 in Manila.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said during his three-day state visit to Malaysia the Philippine government will use the JCM to raise possible repatriation of the prisoners for them to serve the remainder of their sentences back in their homeland.