PH in contact with Filipinos arrested in Japan over bodies found in Tokyo
Two Filipinos accused of abandoning a corpse in Japan are being assisted by the Philippine embassy.
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00:00 Two Filipinos accused of abandoning a corpse in Japan are being assisted by the Philippine
00:05 Embassy.
00:07 Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega says the embassy was able to visit the
00:11 Filipina and is set to visit the other Filipino arrested over the same case by Thursday, January
00:16 25.
00:17 The Japan Times identifies the Filipinos as 30-year-old Hazel Ann Baguiza Morales and
00:22 34-year-old Brian Jefferson Leasing de la Cruz.
00:26 De Vega says Morales is a resident of Japan while de la Cruz is an overseas Filipino worker.
00:31 The two were arrested for supposedly abandoning the corpses of a missing Japanese couple.
00:36 The bodies were found with apparent stab wounds inside their Tokyo home.
00:40 The Department of Migrant Workers says it would provide assistance to de la Cruz, including
00:44 legal aid.
00:45 De Vega had earlier clarified the two are only accused of abandonment but not of killing
00:49 the Japanese couple.
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