Death sentence for drug traffickers sought anew

A bill penalizing with death for drug traffickers nabbed in the country has been resurrected in the House of Representatives.

Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez filed House Bill 1213 which metes a penalty on foreign drug traffickers arrested in the Philippines based on the anti-drug laws in their home country, provided that such penalty is higher than what is provided in the Philippine laws. If Philippine laws are found to impose the harsher penalty, then it would prevail over the laws of the home country of the foreign drug trafficker.