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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:25:27 -0600
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- From: Ian Chai <spectre@UIUC.EDU>
- Subject: PH: ------ Ramos appeals to Saudi Arabia king for Filipino
- preacher
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- MANILA, Philippines (UPI) President Fidel Ramos Tuesday appealed to Saudi
- Arabia's King Fahd to pardon a Filipino born-again preacher scheduled to be
- hung on Christmas Day in Riyadh.
-
- ``I wish to make a personal appeal to Your Royal Highness to spare Oswaldo
- Magdangal from execution,'' Ramos said in a letter to the monarch. ``As you
- know, 25 December is observed as a universal day of peace and forgiveness. I
- believe that the significance of the season would not be missed by Your
- Majesty.''
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- Magdangal has been accused of preaching the Christian faith in Saudi Arabia,
- a Muslim country. Aside from Ramos' letter, the government also instructed
- the Philippine ambassador to Saudi Arabia to help secure Magdangal's release.
-