Woman on death row in Indonesia to return home after almost 15 years in prison

Mary Jane Veloso, who spent almost 15 years in an Indonesian prison for drug trafficking, was allowed to return home after Indonesia and the Philippines signed a 'practical arrangement' deal on December 6, after a decade of pleading from Manila
Woman on death row in Indonesia to return home after almost 15 years in prison
Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso gestures to the media as she leaves Yogyakarta Women’s Prison for her transfer to the capital city of Jakarta in preparation for her repatriation to the Philippines (Slamet Riyadi/AP)

A Filipino woman who was on death row in Indonesia and nearly executed by firing squad in 2015 has been moved to a female prison in Indonesia’s capital, from where she will be flown back to her home country.

Mary Jane Veloso, who spent almost 15 years in an Indonesian prison for drug trafficking, was allowed to return home after Indonesia and the Philippines signed a “practical arrangement” deal on December 6, after a decade of pleading from Manila.

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