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It’s a stay of execution, not freedom.
Mary Jane Veloso’s execution was “postponed” so she could testify against her alleged recruiter, Maria Kristina Sergio.
“Veloso’s last-minute stay of execution was granted after Sergio, who was wanted for human trafficking and illegal recruitment in relation to the case, handed herself in to police in the Philippines province of Nueva Ecija on Tuesday morning,” reports The Guardian.
According to the report, Tony Spontana, a spokesman for the Indonesian attorney general, Muhammad Prasetyo, said in a text message: “There was a request from the Philippine president regarding the perpetrator who’s suspected of committing human trafficking and surrendered in the Philippines. MJ [Mary-Jane] is needed for her testimony.”
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