Facing execution in Indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso gets last-minute reprieve.
During early Wednesday, the eight drug convicts, including two Australians, a Brazilian, four Nigerians and a local, were executed by firing squad, but Veloso received a temporary reprieve.
The eight people were put to death on the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan by 12-man firing squad.
Veloso was saved from execution after suspicions that she was only tricked and might really didn’t know that she had drugs inside her bag.
Maria Kristina Sergio, the alleged recruiter of Veloso who offered her a job in Malaysia, surrendered herself to the Philippine authorities. However, she maintained that she is not a member of any drug syndicate group and she didn’t give the bag to Veloso.
The Indonesian officials declared an 11-hour delay of the firing squad to give way to the investigation of the local authorities of the Philipines.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) also confirmed that Veloso was indeed given with the reprieve.
“We are relieved that the execution of Mary Jane has not been carried out tonight. The Lord has answered our prayers,” said DFA spokes person Charles Jose.
Jose refused to answer further question adding that the agency will issue further statement about the case.
“Attorney Edre Olalia said the implementation of the sentence as regards Mary Jane Veloso was suspended until the proceedings in the Philippines against the alleged recruiter Christina Sergio shall have been commenced and concluded,” Minerva Lopez of the National Union of People’s Lawyers said.
Indonesian President Jakowi Widodo has been vocal about his support on death penalty saying the country needs to move into fight against illegal drugs.
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