Flor Contemplacion sons get life for drug pushing
A Laguna court has found the three sons of executed overseas Filipino worker Flor Contemplacion guilty of drug peddling and sentenced them to life imprisonment. In a 14-page decision last week, Judge Agripino Morga of the San Pablo City Regional Trial Court Branch 32 convicted Sandrex Contemplacion, 37, and twins Jon-Jon and Joel, 30, for violation of Section 5 of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002. In an interview with GMA News Online on Tuesday, Fred Alon — RTC officer-in-charge and legal researcher — said court also ordered each of the brothers to pay a P500,000 penalty. “The decision is not final yet. The convicts can appeal the decision. Actually, this is an automatic appeal," Alon said. In a country that considers its migrant workers as modern-day heroes, Flor’s execution in Singapore on March 17, 1995 became a national issue and even earned the government criticisms for having been unable to prevent the execution.