DeterrentThe Philippine government had been seeking a commutation of the death sentence on the three Filipinos.
But Ambassador Liu said they “must be punished.â€
“The purpose is not to take the lives of these people. It is to deter and curb [drug-related] crimes,†he said.
Credo, 42, and a father of five children, was arrested on Dec. 28, 2008, at Gaoji International Airport in Xiamen after getting off a China Southern Airlines flight from Manila.
A total of 4,113 grams of heroin was found in his luggage and he was formally charged with drug smuggling on Jan. 21, 2009.
Credo is being held at Xiamen No. 1 Detention House, as is Villanueva, 32.
Villanueva, the mother of two, was apprehended on Dec. 24, 2008, also at Gaoji International Airport in Xiamen, after arriving on a China Southern Airlines flight from Manila.
She was found with 4,410 grams of heroin in her suitcase. Villanueva was formally charged with drug smuggling on Jan. 23, 2009.
Batain, 38, was arrested on May 25, 2008, at the Shenzhen airport after disembarking from an Asiana Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur.
A total of 6,800 grams of heroin was found “sealed inside two reams of bond paper inside her luggage.â€
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