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00:00A few moments ago, Mary Jane Veloso arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia.
00:08And from now on, she will be flying back to the Philippines.
00:13In her short message to the media, Veloso sent her thanks.
00:19I thank all of you.
00:21Go, go, go.
00:24Miss, to the President of Indonesia, what would you like to say?
00:27Thank you very much.
00:29Congratulations.
00:33President Marcos, please.
00:35President Marcos, President Marcos, President Marcos.
00:41Mary Jane, Mary Jane.
00:42From the Women's Detention Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia,
00:45Mary Jane Veloso is now on her way to the airport.
00:49According to the Bureau of Corrections, she will not be wearing any body armor.
00:54Mary Jane will board a commercial flight and is expected to arrive in Naia around 5 a.m. tomorrow.
01:01Yesterday, Mary Jane signed the travel papers for her return to the Philippines.
01:05The instruction is not to be at the airport because as you know, our airport is busy on holidays.
01:11So, we will be distracting or disrupting the operations.
01:16So, we want a smooth transfer.
01:20Earlier, we went to the Women's Detention Facility in Jakarta where Mary Jane was transferred.
01:26Here, we met Wen, an Indonesian member of the NGO that helped Mary Jane since she was imprisoned.
01:32She gave me a picture of Mary Jane's batik and artwork.
01:37Mary Jane has a face and in the middle, the poem she wrote is embossed.
01:41It contains her experience in a remote Women's Detention Facility.
01:45It is very happy for me, myself, and for our organization because it's been 10 years already with her.
01:52It's really touching me.
01:57Because every year, I visit her in Yogyakarta.
02:02Mary Jane was imprisoned in Indonesia for almost 15 years after she was caught by the heroine.
02:07She was forced to wear a batik.
02:10She was supposed to be released in April 2015 in Velloso but she was stopped by former President Noy Akino.
02:16Mary Jane's parents were emotional when I talked to them here in Indonesia.
02:28Now, the family can't hide the sadness of her return.
02:33I can't sleep, I can't eat.
02:35We hugged her tightly and especially the two children.
02:41From Nueva Ecija, the sisters of Mary Jane will also leave for Manila.
02:45They left.
02:47They were hoping to see Mary Jane when she got off the plane.
02:50But the Bucor said,
02:52Mary Jane will be directed to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong
02:56to undergo a 5-day quarantine.
02:59She will be placed in a cell where Cassandra Lee Ong used to be.
03:03There's a bedding.
03:05And then of course, if she has a visit, there's a hallway.
03:11There's a space for them to talk.
03:14If she's going to be transported tonight,
03:17we have a 5-day countdown.
03:20Exactly on Christmas Eve, the family can visit.
03:25That's a whole day.
03:27That's why the family of Velloso is appealing to the Department of Justice
03:30to see and hug Mary Jane even for a moment.
03:32Especially in the situation of Mary Jane.
03:34She hasn't been seen here in the Philippines for almost 15 years.
03:39If they see her, they will say,
03:41Ethan, it's just for a moment.
03:43It's only occasional, right?
03:45For those 15 years.
03:47So that's important.
03:49But the family is begging.
03:51I hope that when 2024 comes,
03:53our President will immediately issue a clemency
03:55so that she can go home.
03:57According to Executive Secretary Lucas Gersamin,
04:00they still don't know what will happen.
04:02President Bongbong Marcos' priority
04:05is for Velloso to return to the country without delay.
04:09We will not talk about that yet.
04:11Let's wait for her repatriation.
04:13Because it's premature to speculate what we will do.
04:19When the President asked about Mary Jane
04:21at the inauguration of the One Stop OFW Action Center of the DMW,
04:25he said,
04:27For GMA Integrated News,
04:29I am Emil Sumangil,
04:31your witness.
04:57For GMA Integrated News, I'm Emil Sumangil.