Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr mentioned authorized specialists would think about clemency requests for Mary Jane Veloso, who had been sentenced to dying in Indonesia for drug trafficking earlier than the 2 international locations reached a deal for her repatriation this week.
Veloso, 39, had obtained a last-minute reprieve from execution by firing squad for drug trafficking in Indonesia in 2015. After years of negotiations, she returned to Manila on Wednesday to serve the rest of her sentence.
“We’re conscious of the request for clemency from her consultant, in fact, and from her household,” Marcos advised reporters on Thursday.
“We go away it to the judgment of our authorized specialists to find out whether or not the imaginative and prescient of clemency is acceptable.”
Indonesia didn’t set any circumstances on the return of Veloso, Marcos mentioned.
“We’re nonetheless removed from that,” Marcos mentioned when requested about clemency. “We nonetheless have to take a look at actually what her standing is.”
Veloso, a former home helper and mom of two, was arrested in Yogyakarta in 2010 after being discovered with 2.6 kg (5.73 lb) of heroin hid in a suitcase.
She mentioned she was an unwitting drug mule, however she was convicted and sentenced to dying, prompting an outcry within the Philippines.
Veloso was repatriated days after the 5 remaining members of the “Bali 9” drug ring have been despatched again to Australia from Indonesia.
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