Philippines agrees to transfer proposal for prisoner Mary Jane Veloso, Indonesia says


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  • Friday, 06 Dec 2024

FILE PHOTO: Family members of drug trafficking inmate Mary Jane Veloso, hold placards pleading President Benigno Aquino for help in Veloso's case during a protest in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Manila April 7, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Philippines has agreed to Jakarta's proposed transfer procedures for the repatriation of a Philippine woman who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, Indonesia's senior minister for law and human rights affairs said on Friday.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra told Reuters that he and his Philippine counterpart would sign the agreement later on Friday, and said it was expected that the prisoner, Mary Jane Veloso, could return to her home country before Christmas.

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