A Filipino migrants rights group on Tuesday urged President Benigno Aquino 3rd to seek the intervention of Saudi reconciliation committee to save Joselito Zapanta from execution.

Migrante-Middle East and North Africa (M-MENA) coordinator John Leonard Monterona said sending an appeal letter to the Saudi government was not enough to save the life of Zapanta and was an exercise in futility.

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