RP asks Japan not to cremate remains of slain Filipina, baby

By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 10:35pm (Mla time) 03/24/2008


MANILA, Philippines -- The family of a Filipina who was killed -- together with her seven-month-old son -- by her Japanese husband in Tokyo has asked the Philippine government not to allow the cremation of their remains.

“The Philippine embassy in Japan requested the stay of cremation of the remains as per wishes of the victims’ family,” Assistant Secretary Claro Cristobal, spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

The Philippine consulate in Tokyo has confirmed the murder of Crisanta Mahusay Lopez and her baby Naomasa by her Japanese husband in Japan last week.

Cristobal said based on autopsy reports and forensic evidence gathered at the family residence where the crimes were committed, Crisanta died from severe bleeding from multiple knife wounds while Naomasa died from strangulation, in the morning of March 17, not March 18, as earlier confessed by suspect Masayoshi Nagano, who is in the custody of the police.

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