By Christina Mendez, The Philippine Star
Posted at 06/28/2013 1:15 AM | Updated as of 06/28/2013 1:15 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The government should just let China carry out its execution on July 2 of a Filipina drug convict to serve as warning to potential Filipino drug couriers, Sen. Vicente Sotto III said Thursday.
“Time and again, we will always warn our countrymen about it. Tigas ng mga ulo (They’re so hardheaded). If they are truly guilty, we should do a Pontius Pilate,†Sotto said when asked how the Aquino administration should deal with the looming execution of a 33-year-old Filipina in China.
He was apparently referring to Pilate’s literally washing his hands to absolve himself of blame after being forced by a raucous crowd to sentence Jesus to death.
Beijing’s highest court upheld last June 26 the death sentence on the unnamed Filipina for smuggling into China in January 2011 some 13 kilos of heroin, together with a male companion. Her male companion, reportedly a cousin, was also sentenced to death with two-year reprieve. The two arrived in Hangzhou, China as tourists.
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