OFW sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking

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 MANILA, Philippines - A Filipina beautician in Macau was sentenced to death by firing squad after being caught with illegal drugs while on vacation in China.

Marissa Collado was arrested in China’s Guangzhou province last year for the possession of about two kilos of heroine, Jiggy Manicad said in a GMANews exclusive report on Monday.

Collado told her relatives in a letter last December that she was on a vacation to China when authorities seized the prohibited drug inside her luggage.

She denied owning the substance.

The report also said that Collado had already entrusted the care of her three children to her siblings in the Philippines.

“Hindi namin kayang tanggapin na ganun-ganoon na lang 'yun (We just can’t accept that my sister’s fate would just be that)," Leonila Cruz, Collado’s sister told Manicad in an interview.

Collado’s relatives are asking President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to save their loved one from the death sentence.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, Esteban Conejos said that while the family is pleading to save Collado from death, they can only ask for her commutation.

According to Conejos, since the Philippine government has adopted a strong stance against drug trafficking, the department can only do so much to save Collado’s life.

“Because we are also strongly against [drug trafficking] we will only intervene to request for a commutation," he admitted. - GMANews.TV

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