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Mary Jane Veloso travels to Jakarta. Courtesy: Deputi Koordinator Imigrasi dan Pemasyarakatan Kemenko Kumhan Imipas via Wendy Palomo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1734320009009Screen Shot 2024-12-16 at 11.31.20 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Mary Jane Veloso travels to Jakarta. Courtesy: Deputi Koordinator Imigrasi dan Pemasyarakatan Kemenko Kumhan Imipas via Wendy Palomo</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia, was moved to the capital Jakarta before she is expected to fly home later this week, after the government signed an agreement with Manila this month to repatriate her.</p><p>The 39-year-old mother was arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with 2.6 kilograms of heroin, in a case that sparked uproar in the Philippines.<br/><br id="isPasted"/>Officers picked her up from a women&#x27;s prison in Yogyakarta province in eastern Java island, an AFP journalist present said, before transporting her late Sunday to another prison in Jakarta more than 418 kilometers away.<br/><br/>From there she will eventually be flown back to the Philippines at a later date.<br/>Indonesian government officials say her transfer to the Philippines could take place as early as Tuesday.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/13/mary-jane-veloso-says-planned-transfer-to-ph-a-miracle-1638">Mary Jane Veloso says planned transfer to PH a &#x27;miracle&#x27;</a><br/><br/>Foreign affairs ministry spokesman Roy Soemirat said they did not yet &quot;have any formal information from our law enforcement agency on the details&quot; of her transfer.<br/><br/>The Philippine embassy in Jakarta did not respond to a request for comment.<br/>Both she and her supporters said she was duped by an international drug syndicate, and in 2015, she narrowly escaped execution after her suspected recruiter was arrested.<br/><br/>She told AFP on Friday in her first interview since the agreement between the two governments that her release was a &quot;miracle&quot;.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/15/dfa-calls-of-parents-visit-to-mary-jane-veloso-in-indonesia-1150">DFA calls off family’s visit to Mary Jane Veloso in Indonesia</a><br/><br/>Muslim-majority Indonesia has some of the world&#x27;s toughest drug laws and has executed foreigners in the past.<br/><br/>At least 530 people were on death row in the Southeast Asian nation, mostly for drug-related crimes, according to data from rights group KontraS, citing official figures.<br/><br/>According to data from Indonesia&#x27;s Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, 96 foreigners were on death row, all on drug charges, as of early November.</p><div><br/></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABRYkCshuf68c_RC&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABRmfozQiLB_cH4b&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia, was moved to the capital Jakarta before she is expected to fly home later this week, after the government signed an agreement with Manila this month to repatriate her.</p>

Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia, was moved to the capital Jakarta before she is expected to fly home later this week, after the government signed an agreement with Manila this month to repatriate her.

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Mary Jane Veloso moved before transfer home

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Published December 16, 2024 09:57 AM PHT

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Updated December 16, 2024 11:33 AM PHT

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