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Amnesty from Iran is being sought by Philippine authorities for eight Filipino seamen who are presently imprisoned in that oil-rich country on charges of trafficking in diesel gasoline.

Executive Director Crescente Relacion of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Migrant Workers Affairs told reporters the Filipinos, with three other foreigners, have been meted a two-year sentence on September 23 last year and fined USD5.3 million by an Iranian court.

Relacion said the Philippines resorted to an appeal for amnesty because the fine imposed is too huge for the accused.

"We're talking to the Iranian government to give them amnesty. We're appealing to them because the fine is huge and we couldn't afford it," he said in a press conference.

Earlier, Leila Villabito, a sister of imprisoned seamen Samson Villabito, had met with Relacion to plead for DFA assistance in easing her stricken brother’s situation.

"It's been more than a year, and we have no news about our brother," Villabito said in a separate huddle with reporters.

She revealed that the DFA has not informed the family about his brother’s predicament. But at the meeting with Relacion, she said she was finally provided some documents. - Philippine News Agency

tinuod ni? tsk tsk tsk. bisan asa jud ning mga pinoy ganahan jud ug palusot. mao ni akong di ganahan. mobohat ta ug di maayo sa laing nasud nya dayon ug palaban sa goberno. kahibaw nga di mao, buhaton jud. nya kung di matabangan, basolon dayon ang goberno.

ur ryt..i think d govenmet should not do anything kay daghan napud ang musundog

sanay na ang gobyerno ani kay ila pud ning binuhatan - palusot (ZTE, Eurogenerals, Joc2x Bolate aww, bolante pala ug daghan pa)

aw, dili man ko matinga aning balitaa kay bisan gani dinhi sa atoa uso man ning palusota. daghan kaayo ko ug kaila nga naa sa goberno ug private sektor nga nag engage ug ing ani nga trabaho.

sa amo sa jagna, duha ka seaman kolong kay palusot ug druga. mao nga usahay dunay seaman nga grabe ka daghag kwarta ang balay mansion. wa kahay hukos pokos ni sila?