ANTIPOLO CITY – The government must extend all possible assistance to the three Filipinos who face espionage charges in China, former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Friday.
Lacson said what happened is “unfortunate” since China has expanded the definition and coverage of its anti-espionage law, with heavy penalties including life imprisonment and execution.
“For now, what the Philippine government can do, as it always does, is to send whatever legal assistance and whatever assistance we can give to the three Filipinos who I suppose are now under detention. We do not know the extent or gravity of the charges against them,” he said in Filipino at the press conference of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate here.
“Imagine, from life imprisonment to execution. God forbid,” he added.
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