Mary Jane Veloso’s arrest to impending return to PH timeline

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00:00Mary Jane Veloso was caught in Indonesia carrying a suitcase of allegedly entrusted to her with

00:05over two and a half kilos of high-grade heroin inside in April 2010. She has been there behind

00:12bars and even sent to a prison dubbed as Exclusion Island. PTD's Bien Manalo narrates the entire time

00:18capsule of her prison odyssey in Indonesia that ultimately led a deal struck this year

00:24to let her back to the country. April 18, 2010, when overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso

00:33was offered by her friend Maria Cristina Tintinserio a job in Malaysia as a domestic helper

00:39after working in Dubai as a domestic helper also. April 21, the two flew for Malaysia but the job

00:46was finished for Veloso. Then Veloso flew to Indonesia. April 25, Mary Jane was arrested by

00:53the Indonesian authorities at Addis Agitto International Airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

00:59after she was caught with 2.6 kilos of heroin. Serio kept what really happened to the Veloso

01:05family but later on Veloso confessed that she was in prison but didn't say the true reason.

01:11Serio allegedly threatened Veloso's family that their lives would be in danger if they didn't

01:17keep quiet because Mary Jane was part of a big international drug syndicate. April 24, 2015,

01:24during the Aquino administration when Veloso was transferred to Nusa Kumbanga Island

01:29known as the Execution Island. April 28, when President Noinoy Aquino met former Indonesian

01:36President Joko Widodo at the ASEAN conference held in Malaysia in relation to the Veloso case.

01:42On the same day, Alias Tintin surrendered to the police and was charged with many cases

01:47including illegal recruitment and human trafficking. April 29, 2015, the execution

01:54of the Pinay was postponed. After almost five years, Nueva Ecija Court convicted Serio

02:00of large-scale illegal recruitment along with three other women and with the Marcos administration.

02:06August 31, 2022, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reopened the Veloso case during a state visit

02:13to Indonesia. January 11, 2024, when the administration received a commitment from

02:19Widodo to restudy Veloso's case. After over a decade, a collective sigh of relief could be

02:26heard all across the nation because of the good news. Today, November 20, a historical event is

02:33celebrated for a huge step forward in the country's fight for justice after the Philippines

02:38and Indonesia agreed to transfer Veloso's custody back to her home country, where she can serve the

02:43rest of her prison term or have her case revived and re-litigated. As Mary Jane Veloso returns to

02:49country, the government, with the Department of Migrant Workers, vowed to provide assistance to

02:54Mary Jane and her family.

02:56From PTV Manila, BN Manalo, Palitang Pambansa.

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