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00:00After almost one and a half decade of imprisonment in Indonesia,
00:05Mary Jane Veloso will soon be traveling back to the Philippines.
00:09But she did not even hug her family before being taken to the Mandaluyong Prison.
00:14Watch this, Emil Sumangi.
00:20From the Women's Detention Facility in Jakarta, Indonesia,
00:23Mary Jane Veloso was transported to the airport.
00:27According to the Bureau of Corrections, she will not be handcuffed and will not be wearing body armor.
00:32Mary Jane will board a commercial flight and is expected to arrive in Naiya around 5 a.m. tomorrow.
00:39Yesterday, Mary Jane signed the travel papers for her return to the Philippines.
00:43The instruction is not to be at the airport because, as you know, our airport is busy.
00:48It's a holiday, so we will be distracting or disrupting the operations.
00:54So we want a smooth transfer.
00:57A while ago, we went to the prison in Jakarta, where Mary Jane was transferred.
01:03This is where we met Wen, an Indonesian member of the NGO who helped Mary Jane from her imprisonment.
01:10She gave me a picture of the batik and artworks of Mary Jane.
01:14Mary Jane has a face and in the middle, the poem she wrote is embossed.
01:19It contains her experience in a foreign prison.
01:23It is very happy for me, myself, and for our organization, because it's been 10 years already with her.
01:30It's really touching me.
01:35Because every year, I visit her in Minjok, Jakarta.
01:39Mary Jane was imprisoned in Indonesia for almost 15 years after being caught by the heroine.
01:44In Maleta, she was beaten by a woman.
01:48Veloso was supposed to be released in April 2015, but he was stopped by former President Noy Akino.
01:54Mary Jane's parents were emotional when I talked to them here in Indonesia.
02:00We are still here. Think about it. We love you so much.
02:05Now, the family can't hide the intense longing for her return.
02:10I can't sleep anymore. I can't eat anymore.
02:13We are sure that we will hold her tight, especially the two children.
02:22From Nueva Ecija, the sisters of Mary Jane will also go to Manila.
02:26They are excited. They hope to see Mary Jane when she gets off the plane.
02:30But according to the Bucor, Mary Jane will be sent to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong
02:37to undergo a 5-day quarantine.
02:39She will be placed in a cell where Cassandra Lee Ong used to stay.
02:43There will be a CCR, bedding, and then of course, if she has a visitor,
02:48there will be a hallway, a space for them to talk
02:54if she is going to be transported tonight.
02:58So, we have a 5-day countdown.
03:00Just in time for Christmas Eve, the family can visit the whole day.
03:07That's why the family of Velloso appealed to the Department of Justice
03:10to see and hug Mary Jane even for a moment.
03:13Especially in the situation of Mary Jane,
03:15she hasn't been seen in the Philippines for almost 15 years.
03:19If they see her, they will say,
03:21Ethan, that's just for a moment.
03:23And sometimes, it's just for 15 years.
03:27So, that's important.
03:29But the family's biggest wish...
03:31I hope that when the 24th comes, the President will immediately issue a clemency
03:35so that she can go home.
03:37According to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin,
03:40they have yet to say what will happen.
03:43President Bongbong Marcos' priority is to return Velloso to the country without delay.
03:49We will not talk about that yet.
03:51Let's wait for her repatriation
03:53because it's premature to speculate what we will do.
03:59When the President asked about Mary Jane
04:01and the cancellation of the One Stop OFW Action Center by the DMW,
04:06what he said was...
04:07Celebrate!
04:09For GMA Integrated News, I am Emil Sumangil, your witness.
04:31For GMA Integrated News, I am Emil Sumangil, your witness.