Vice President Jejomar Binay succeeded in obtaining a stay of execution on three drug mules sentenced to death on 20 and 21 February (Monday and Tuesday) after a 36-hour visit to China as he made last-ditch appeals to the Chinense officials in Beijing, including its supreme court chief justice.
After the meetings, China's Supreme Court informed the Philippines that it has decided to postpone the execution, "within the scope of Chinese law," indefinitely. The stay on the execution was the first time in the legal history of China, not even for its own citizen a stay had been made before.
Sources
DJ Yap: "Binay returns after obtaining stay of Filipinos' execution," The Philippine Daily Inquirer 19 February 2011
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