Aquino praises Beijing over handling of consul shooting in Cebu, Philippines

Philippines President Benigno Aquino has praised Beijing for being "quite professional" in the way it handled the repatriation of two Chinese suspects in the killing of two diplomats in Cebu last week.

"I think they were quite professional. They issued the appropriate forms, whether it's the diplomatic notes ... They adhered to all of the agreements without changing any of the rules," Aquino told the South China Morning Post, when asked during a foreign correspondents forum about Beijing invoking diplomatic immunity for the suspects.

Aquino's comments came as a 10-member team from Beijing's Ministry of Public Security arrived in Cebu to gather evidence on the double killing.

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The remains of deputy consul general Sun Shian and the consulate's finance officer Hui Li - who were shot in the neck and head, respectively - were repatriated on Saturday without an autopsy taking place.

Aquino added that "all the participants - whether as alleged assailants and the victims - were all of a single nationality. Therefore, we trust that justice will be served under their own system of laws and judicial processes."