00:00 Two law enforcement officers have presented a death penalty to the country,
00:04 including those who should be released and those who are not subject to the drug-related cases.
00:11 This is Sandra Aguinaldo's report.
00:14 China arrested the two Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking on November 24.
00:23 In 2013, the two were arrested after being caught in a drug-related case in Guangdong and sentenced in 2016.
00:32 The DFA said that they tried to appeal the sentence of the Chinese government several times, but it was not approved.
00:39 Following the release, the Chinese were also released, as the representative of Rufus Rodriguez said,
00:46 because of the illegal drug trade.
00:50 Rodriguez asked the Congress to pass House Bill 2459, which would remove the most severe punishment,
00:58 including the death of those who are proven to be involved in drug trafficking.
01:04 According to the Bureau of Corrections, of the 369 Chinese who were in the country,
01:10 205 or more than half were Chinese.
01:13 But the death penalty was abolished in the country in 2006, so the law still needs to be passed to bring it back.
01:21 That's why Surigao Del Norte, representative of Ace Barbers, the chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs,
01:28 said that House Bill 1543 should be passed, which would bring back the death penalty for those who are involved in crime.
01:36 He has been advocating this for a long time and not as a retaliation for China's release of the two Filipinos.
01:43 These Chinese nationals that are involved in illegal drugs, they are afraid of their country.
01:50 That's why they are sending garbage here and selling garbage.
01:55 They see that we have a large area and we don't have a death penalty, so they are not afraid.
02:02 According to Barbers, there is no connection between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea.
02:09 Del has been advocating for the implementation of the death penalty in China for a long time.
02:13 He is advising Filipinos to be alert and watch out so that the syndicates abroad are not victimized.
02:19 Sandra Aguinaldo reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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