Saved at the last minute: SC allows Mary Jane Veloso to testify in local case

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BREAKING NEWS. The Supreme Court ruled to allow OFW Mary Jane Veloso to testify via a deposition in a local trafficking case against her recruiters.

VELOSO CASE. Migrante with the mother of OFW Mary Jane Veloso, Celia, Celia Veloso, march towards the Court of Appeals in Manila on January 25 to encourage the court to allow Veloso to give her testimony while inside the Indonesian jail. Photo by Ben Nabong

"The Supreme Court has allowed the taking of the testimony of convicted drug trafficker Mary Jane Veloso against her recruiters by way of deposition in Indonesia," said the SC's Public Information Office in a statement on Friday, October 11. Veloso has repeatedly claimed she was duped into carrying to Indonesia a luggage with heroin stuffed inside, over which she was put on death row but given reprieve to give way to the trial in the Philippines.The Nueva Ecija Regional Trial Court , where the trafficking case is pending, has given the prosecutionto secure a ruling that would allow Veloso to testify via a deposition.

 

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This is one positive development for the MJV. Via a deposition or whatever form, I'm relieved for her that she'll finally get the chance to be heard.

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