Duterte wants Kuwait to execute killers of OFW Villavende

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte wants Kuwait to execute and “cut off the heads” of those responsible for the killing of Filipina domestic worker Jeanelyn Villavende.

“I want their executioner to cut off the heads of those who are responsible for the death of the Filipina,” Duterte said in a Monday night press briefing in Malacañang.

The President said he would want to visit the Gulf state and ask its government to give the killers of Villavende the “maximum” penalty.

Villavende’s employers, a married couple, are already detained at a high crime facility in Kuwait and are facing murder charges.

Villavende could have been abused for a long time, as indicated by her wounds and bruises examined by the National Bureau of Investigation.

Outraged by Villavende’s death, the Philippine government imposed a total deployment ban of OFWs to the Gulf state.

READ: Philippines imposes total deployment ban to Kuwait

The ban has already been lifted.