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Family visits Veloso in Wirogunan
The family of Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso on Thursday visited the Philippine death row inmate who was temporarily reprieved from being executed on the Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java, and returned to the Wirogunan penitentiary in Yogyakarta, on Wednesday
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he family of Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso on Thursday visited the Philippine death row inmate who was temporarily reprieved from being executed on the Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java, and returned to the Wirogunan penitentiary in Yogyakarta, on Wednesday.
Veloso's family members, comprising her two children, parents and her former husband, arrived at the Wirogunan prison around 8:20 a.m. They were accompanied by Veloso's lawyers and representatives from the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta.
The Class II Yogyakarta penitentiary warden Zaenal Arifin said the visit was aimed at satisfying the family's longing to be with Veloso, after she was unexpectedly reprieved from her execution on Wednesday.
'The meeting between Mary Jane and her big family was conducted in a special room, not in a hall provided for inmate families to visit their relatives,' he said as quoted by Antara in Yogyakarta on Thursday.
Zaenal said the penitentiary gave Veloso's family the chance to visit her until 2 p.m., longer than the usual visiting hours.
'They will return to the Philippines at around 4 p.m.,' he said.
Veloso was one of nine inmates scheduled for execution early on Wednesday, after both her clemency requests and two case review requests were rejected.
The Attorney General's Office decided to delay Veloso's execution as she had to become a witness in a human trafficking case currently being investigated by the Philippine Police. (ebf) (++++)
