CHINA: 3 PINOYS TO BE EXECUTED MARCH 30

three Filipinos whose execution in Shenzhen, China, on February 20 and 21 was put off will be executed for drug smuggling on March 30. Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Eduardo Malaya said the Fujian People’s Court and Guangdong High People’s Court informed the Philippine government of the new date set for the execution of Ramon Credo, 42; Elizabeth Batain, 38; and Sally Villanueva, 32. Credo and Villanueva were both caught at the Gaoji airport in Xiamen in December 2008 smuggling more than 4,000 grams of heroin. Batain was caught at Shenzhen airport seven months earlier with more than 6,000 grams of heroin in her bag.