Manila won't send experts to autopsy

Manila won't send experts to autopsy

MANILA (AFP): A Philippine diplomat said yesterday that Manila will not send Filipino pathologists to Singapore to observe the autopsy of a Filipina maid, whose cause of death had earlier been questioned by her relatives.

The diplomat, requesting anonymity, said that the Foreign Department had received a formal note from Singapore saying that Manila was free to send its pathologists there "if the Philippines has any lingering doubts" on cases involving Filipina maids.

Manila had acknowledged the note but said that it would not send Filipino experts to the autopsy of Angelina Palaming, a Filipina maid who died after falling with her ward from the ninth floor of her employer's apartment.