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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Niniek Karmini and Teresa Cerojano

Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad seeks clemency

Philippines Indonesia Prisoner Transfer - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A Filipino woman who spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, said Wednesday she's happy to be back in the Philippines but is asking its president to set her free.

Mary Jane Veloso spent almost 15 years in prison but won a last-minute reprieve that allows her to serve the rest of her sentence in the Philippines and will lead to her testimony exposing how a criminal syndicate duped her into being an unwitting accomplice and drug courier.

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