Executive clemency eyed for 165 inmates

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Pardons and Parole (BPP) under the Department of Justice is reviewing the cases of 165 inmates for possible grant of executive clemency.

Among the convicts whose cases are being studied are Muhammad Abdullah, Bonifacio Watimar Abadies and Crisanto Magpantay Agon.

Abdullah was convicted of murder by a Pasig City court in 2000 for the kidnapping and killing of three women.

Abadies was found guilty of murder by a court in Ormoc City, Leyte for the murder of his nephew in 1995.

Agon was convicted of murder along with three others by a court in Lipa City, Batangas for killing a man in 2000.

The BPP said the cases of other convicts serving time for drugs and other crimes at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City and other penal colonies are undergoing review.