Philippine convicted drug smuggler on death row Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, is escorted by Indonesian police as she arrives at the court in Sleman in central Java island for a hearing of judicial review on March 3, 2015 after a plea for clemency was rejected by Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Suryo, Wibowo, AFP Photo/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173216195605420150303-indonesia-smuggler-AFP.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Philippine convicted drug smuggler on death row Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, is escorted by Indonesian police as she arrives at the court in Sleman in central Java island for a hearing of judicial review on March 3, 2015 after a plea for clemency was rejected by Indonesian President Joko Widodo. <em>Suryo, Wibowo, AFP Photo/File</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday said the government needed to study calls on granting clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina sentenced to death in Indonesia who would be handed soon to Manila following years of negotiations. </p><div><br/></div><p>&quot;We will see. Hindi pa maliwanag kung ano ba talaga… This is the first time that this has happened. So everything is on the table,&quot; Marcos Jr told reporters in Nueva Ecija.</p><div><br/></div><p>Veloso was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 carrying a suitcase lined with 2.6 kilograms  of heroin and later sentenced to death by firing squad.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/20/marcos-mary-jane-veloso-returning-to-ph-after-14-years-in-indonesian-jail-2052">Marcos: Mary Jane Veloso returning to PH after 14 years in Indonesian jail</a></div><div><br/></div><p>The mother-of-two&#x27;s case sparked an uproar in the Philippines, with her family and supporters saying she was innocent and had been set up by an international drug syndicate.</p><div><br/></div><p>They maintained she was duped into signing up for a non-existent job abroad as a domestic worker and was not aware the suitcase her recruiter gave her contained hidden drugs.</p><div><br/></div><p>The Philippine government won a last-minute reprieve for Veloso in 2015 after a woman suspected of recruiting her was arrested and put on trial for human trafficking in which Veloso was named as a prosecution witness.</p><div><br/></div><p>She will be handed over to Manila following years of &quot;long and difficult&quot; negotiations, Marcos said Wednesday.</p><div><br/></div><p>&quot;We have been working on this, all the previous Presidents, hindi lang ako. Ten years na ito. Pero ang nagawa natin napa-commute natin ang sentensya nya from death sentence to life imprisonment,&quot; Marcos Jr said. </p><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Tapos ang nasunod doon ay napauwi na natin. We will have to decide what will happen next,&quot; he continued.</p><div><br/></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABQns-A7Plt9fxZa&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><div><br/></div><p>Indonesia&#x27;s law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said President Prabowo Subianto had &quot;approved the transfer of prisoner policy&quot; on Veloso&#x27;s case.</p><div><br/></div><p>He added that the transfer was likely to take place in December. </p><div><br/></div><p>Philippine Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega told reporters in Manila that the aim of the government &quot;would be not just for her to be transferred but for the president, our president, to be able to issue clemency&quot;.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/20/jakarta-open-to-have-marcos-jr-grant-clemency-to-mary-jane-veloso-1805https://abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/20/jakarta-open-to-have-marcos-jr-grant-clemency-to-mary-jane-veloso-1805">Jakarta open to have Marcos Jr grant clemency to Mary Jane Veloso</a></div><div><br/></div><p>He said Jakarta has not sought anything in exchange for Veloso&#x27;s transfer of detention.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>— With reports from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse </strong></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday said the government needed to study calls on granting clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina sentenced to death in Indonesia who would be handed soon to Manila following years of negotiations.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday said the government needed to study calls on granting clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina sentenced to death in Indonesia who would be handed soon to Manila following years of negotiations.

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