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                    [Title] => Ople on poachers: Just doing my job
                    [Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said he would not intervene to free 122 Chinese fishermen detained in a Palawan jail for poaching and that he was just doing his job.


"The Department of Foreign Affairs would be remiss in its duty if it did not convey the request of the (Chinese) ambassador as contained in the note verbale which was transmitted some months ago," Ople explained in a statement.
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople had earlier inquired about the possibility of releasing them as a goodwill gesture to Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng, who is scheduled to vist the country next week.

"If they don’t plead guilty, then we’ll continue with the prosecution," Perez told reporters in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
CHINESE PRIME MINISTER LI PENG
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                    [Title] => Ople on poachers: Just doing my job
                    [Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said he would not intervene to free 122 Chinese fishermen detained in a Palawan jail for poaching and that he was just doing his job.


"The Department of Foreign Affairs would be remiss in its duty if it did not convey the request of the (Chinese) ambassador as contained in the note verbale which was transmitted some months ago," Ople explained in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175038 [Title] => DOJ chief insists on charging 122 Chinese suspected of poaching [Summary] => Justice Secretary Hernando Perez yesterday said 122 Chinese fishermen locked up in a Palawan jail for poaching would not be released if they continue to refuse to admit their guilt.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople had earlier inquired about the possibility of releasing them as a goodwill gesture to Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng, who is scheduled to vist the country next week.

"If they don’t plead guilty, then we’ll continue with the prosecution," Perez told reporters in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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