OFW from Saudi Arabia Jonard Langamin was welcomed by his family in Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
(Photo screengrab from Susan Ople’s Facebook page).
Jonard Langamin, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) spared from the death row in Saudi Arabia, came home to the Philippines today, May 25, 2016, at around 10AM at the NAIA Terminal 2.
He reunited with his parents Edith and Clemente Langamin after 8 years of imprisonment. Susan V. Ople, the President and Founder of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, the NGO that was at the forefront of efforts to save Jonard’s life, accompanied the Langamins.
Jonard was meted the death penalty by the Saudi government in 2008 after being found guilty in the murder of fellow Filipino Robertson Mendoza.
He was spared from beheading in 2012 after the family of Mendoza signed a “tanazul” or affidavit of forgiveness through the intercession of the Ople Center, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Office of Vice President Jejomar Binay, and Filcom leaders in Saudi Arabia.
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