Third-party autopsy of maid confirmed<\/p>\n
MANILA (AFP): The Philippines and Singapore yesterday issued a
\njoint statement saying both countries would abide by the results
\nof a third-party autopsy on a murdered Filipina maid whose death
\nwas central to a diplomatic squabble between the two.<\/p>\n
The joint statement said that if the third-party autopsy
\nupheld the findings of Philippine forensic experts that the maid,
\nDelia Maga, had not been murdered by another Filipina maid, Flor
\nContemplacion, then they would reopen Contemplacion's case.<\/p>\n
Contemplacion was hanged in Singapore in March for the 1991
\nmurder of Maga and Maga's four-year-old Singaporean charge.<\/p>\n
However many Filipinos charge that she was framed, resulting
\nin a public outcry that forced Manila to downgrade relations with
\nSingapore.<\/p>\n
However, the statement added, if the third party upholds
\nSingaporean pathologists' earlier findings that Contemplacion
\nkilled Maga, \"the Philippines will abide by such a decision.\"<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, government pathologists told a special
\ncommission looking into Contemplacion's case, that Maga was
\nmurdered by a man. This led to the commission's findings that
\nContemplacion was innocent.<\/p>\n
The Singaporeans rejected the findings and after a joint
\nnecropsy in Manila on April 19, both groups continued to stick to
\ntheir findings.<\/p>\n
Philippine Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo and his
\nSingaporean counterpart, S. Jayakumar have been meeting at the
\ndirections of Philippine President Fidel Ramos and Singaporean
\nPremier Goh Chok Tong to work out the details of the third-party
\nautopsy.<\/p>\n
However, the statement did not say who would conduct the
\nthird-party autopsy or when it would take place.<\/p>\n
Ramos previously said that if it was proved that Singapore's
\nautopsy was more accurate, the Philippines would normalize
\nrelations with Singapore.<\/p>",
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