Vice President Jejomar C. Binay yesterday appealed for prayers for doomed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso upon learning that Indonesian authorities have already transferred her to an island prison where executions in Indonesia take place.
Veloso is among 10 drug convicts set to face firing squad on Nusakambangan prison island, Indonesia’s so-called “Execution Island” off the Javanese port of Cilacap.
Indonesia has asked foreign embassies to send representatives to the maximum security prison for the expected execution, although an official 72-hour notice of execution has not been given yet, diplomats said yesterday.
Aside from Veloso, among the convicted drug offenders set to face the firing squad are nationals from Australia, Brazil, France, and Nigeria. The case has strained relations between the governments of those nations and Indonesia.
“It’s true, we have been told to be there on Saturday,” said a foreign embassy official who asked not to be identified because she was not authorized to speak to the media.
Manila Bulletin
