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

Mary Jane Veloso travels to Jakarta

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<p>Indonesia will transfer Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking, back to her home country in the early hours of Wednesday (December 18) morning, a senior official said on Monday (December 16).</p><p>Veloso was moved on Sunday (December 15) from a prison in Yogyakarta where she has been imprisoned for the past 14 years, to a female prison in the capital of Jakarta, Indonesia&#x27;s deputy minister for law and human rights affairs, I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram, told a press conference on Monday.</p><p>She will fly to the Philippines from Jakarta on a commercial flight, he said.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/16/mary-jane-veloso-may-return-to-ph-this-week-dfa-1337">READ: Mary Jane Veloso returning to Philippines on Dec. 18: official</a></div><p>The Philippine foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the repatriation.</p><p>Indonesia and the Philippines signed an agreement this month to repatriate Veloso, a domestic helper and mother of two, who was arrested in Yogyakarta in 2010 after being found with 2.6 kg of heroin concealed in a suitcase.</p><div><em>(Production: Heru Asprihanto, Gabriel Goh)</em></div>

<p>Indonesia will transfer Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking, back to her home country in the early hours of Wednesday (December 18) morning, a senior official said.</p>

Indonesia will transfer Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking, back to her home country in the early hours of Wednesday (December 18) morning, a senior official said.

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WATCH: Indonesia official confirms Mary Jane Veloso's transfer to PH

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