MANILA: President Gloria Arroyo yesterday doused calls by the ethnic Chinese community to restore the death penalty to curb rampant kidnappings, saying it would not solve the problem by itself.
Hundreds of Chinese took to the streets on Sunday, turning the funeral of kidnap victim Betti Sy, a Coca-Cola finance manager, into a protest calling for firmer government efforts including capital punishment to rein in kidnap gangs.
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