In this moving video, the kids of Mary Jane Veloso asks President Joko Widodo to spare their mum's life.
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WATCH moving plea FROM MARY JANE VELOSO'S KIDS - MUM FACES IMMINENT EXECUTION IN INDONESIA4/27/2015
3 WAYS TO SAVE THE LIFE OF FILIPINO MARY JANE VELOSO FACING IMMINENT EXECUTION IN INDONESIA4/2/2015
 Mary Jane was born to a poor family in Nueva Ecija, the youngest of 5 children. She only made it to the first year high school, married early, and had two children not long after. The marriage didn’t last long, though, and she and her husband separated. According to Agus Salim, her Indonesian lawyer, she found work in Dubai as a domestic helper. However, she returned to Manila before her two-year contract ended because “she was almost raped”. Case summary In early 2010, Agus said Mary Jane was offered another job as a domestic helper in Kuala Lumpur by a godsister identified only as Christine or Cristina. But when she arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the job was no longer available. Christine then asked Mary Jane to go to Yogyakarta in Indonesia instead. Agus said Christine gave Mary Jane a brand new suitcase to use plus $500. Mary Jane told her lawyers the suitcase seemed heavy but was empty. On April 25, 2010, she arrived at Yogyakarta's Adisucipto airport via an AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur. When the suitcase passed through the X-ray scanner, it set off the alarm. Indonesian authorities then found packs of heroin wrapped in aluminium foil weighing a total of 2.6 kilograms hidden inside the lining of the suitcase. They later estimated the drugs to have a street value of $500,000. As a result, she was sentenced to death 3 WAYS TO HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF MARY JANE VELOSO 1. Sign the online petition calling for the Indonesian President to reconsider Veloso's appeal. 2. Send letters, emails or fax messages calling on:
Save the Life of Mary Jane Veloso 45 Cambridge St., Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines Telefax: (+632) 9114910 Email: [email protected] 3. Spread the word. Like and share the Save the Life of Mary Jane Veloso Facebook page Find out more “I ask this, with the deepest bond of brotherhood and friendship of our peoples, a bond that I am confident will only grow stronger in the years to come,” added VICE President Jejomar C. Binay. Binay, the Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns, issued the appeal after the Indonesian Supreme Court denied Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso’s plea for a judicial review of her case. “We are saddened that the Indonesian Supreme Court has chosen not to grant Mary Jane’s lawyers’ request for a judicial review of her case. Nonetheless, we reiterate the Philippines’ full awareness and respect for Indonesia’s laws and legal system,” the Vice President said. READ MORE Philippine national Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, right, who is on death row for drug offences, says a prayer with Catholic priest Bernhard Kieser during her judicial review hearing at Sleman District Court in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. AP/Slamet Riyadi  |
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