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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Gomez

Marcos says Indonesia has agreed to send Filipina death-row drug convict back to the Philippines

Philippines Indonesia Prisoner Transfer - (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send back a Filipino death-row drug convict, who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila.

Marcos thanked Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his government for granting a longstanding Philippine request for Mary Jane Veloso to be brought back home to serve her sentence in her country.

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