The Philippines is seeking an extension to save a Filipino facing execution in Saudi Arabia as the deadline to save his life passed, the foreign department said Sunday. Filipino labourer Joselito Zapanta was given until November 3 to raise more than $1 million to pay the family of his Sudanese landlord, who he killed in a rental dispute in 2009. The Philippines hopes to extend the payment deadline, foreign department spokesman Raul Hernandez said. "We are continuing our representations with the Saudi government to help us in extending the deadline for the payment of blood money to the family of the victim of Mr. Zapanta," Hernandez said on ABS-CBN television.
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