Officials from the Philippines arrived in Indonesia for the turnover of convicted overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso.

Mary Jane Veloso will finally return home on Wednesday, December 18, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Quoting DFA Undersecretary Theresa Lazaro, Press Secretary Cesar Chavez told INQUIRER.

Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia, will be transferred back to the Philippines after 14 years. Her case gained attention after interventions from various parties,

After more than a decade, convicted overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso will make her homecoming just in time for Christmas on Wednesday, December 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

It’s a mix of emotions that gripped Celia Veloso on Sunday after her hope of seeing her daughter, Mary Jane, were dashed when she was told she would not fly to Indonesia now that plans on the jailed Filipino worker’s return to the country were being finalized.

Indonesia will transfer Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino woman who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, to her home country in the early hours of Wednesday morning, a senior Indonesian official said.