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| Indonesia executions: Mary Jane Veloso's last-minute reprieve came too late for newspapers | Indonesia executions: Mary Jane Veloso's last-minute reprieve came too late for newspapers |
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| The shock reprieve for a woman due to be executed alongside Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan last night was too last-minute for newspapers in the Philippines to catch up. | The shock reprieve for a woman due to be executed alongside Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan last night was too last-minute for newspapers in the Philippines to catch up. |
| Mary Jane Veloso was given a stay of execution just hours before she was due to face a firing squad alongside eight other prisoners on the feared Nusakambangan Island. | Mary Jane Veloso was given a stay of execution just hours before she was due to face a firing squad alongside eight other prisoners on the feared Nusakambangan Island. |
| Successive appeals and diplomatic efforts had already failed and after vows from Indonesian officials that the death sentences would be carried out, the 30-year-old’s prospects looked bleak. | Successive appeals and diplomatic efforts had already failed and after vows from Indonesian officials that the death sentences would be carried out, the 30-year-old’s prospects looked bleak. |
| After weeks of protests in the Philippines, people woke up this morning to a headline reading “Farewell, Mary Jane” on the black front page of Manila’s best-selling Filipino-language tabloid, Abante, according to a translation by AFP. | After weeks of protests in the Philippines, people woke up this morning to a headline reading “Farewell, Mary Jane” on the black front page of Manila’s best-selling Filipino-language tabloid, Abante, according to a translation by AFP. |
| “All hopes fade” said the Manila Times, and the Manila Bulletin used separate headlines on successive editions saying “We’re hoping for a miracle” and “No delay in execution”. | “All hopes fade” said the Manila Times, and the Manila Bulletin used separate headlines on successive editions saying “We’re hoping for a miracle” and “No delay in execution”. |
| The latest, correct, edition read: “Veloso granted reprieve”. | The latest, correct, edition read: “Veloso granted reprieve”. |
| Other newspapers hit out at the government for failing to save Veloso and condemned Indonesia’s legal process. | Other newspapers hit out at the government for failing to save Veloso and condemned Indonesia’s legal process. |
| “Death Came Before Dawn” was the headline on the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s front page. | “Death Came Before Dawn” was the headline on the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s front page. |
| It featured a large photo of the smiling mother-of-two, saying “only a miracle” could have saved her. | It featured a large photo of the smiling mother-of-two, saying “only a miracle” could have saved her. |
| That miracle came in the form of Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo, who said that the arrest of the woman who allegedly used her as a drug mule required her to be kept alive for evidence. | That miracle came in the form of Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo, who said that the arrest of the woman who allegedly used her as a drug mule required her to be kept alive for evidence. |
| “This delay did not cancel the execution. We just want to give chance in relation with the legal process in the Philippines,” he said. | “This delay did not cancel the execution. We just want to give chance in relation with the legal process in the Philippines,” he said. |
| The woman who reportedly recruited Veloso, Maria Kristina Sergio, had surrendered to police in the Philippines on Monday, Deputy Police Director-General Leonardo Espina said. | The woman who reportedly recruited Veloso, Maria Kristina Sergio, had surrendered to police in the Philippines on Monday, Deputy Police Director-General Leonardo Espina said. |
| Veloso was arrested in 2010 at the airport in the central Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, where officials discovered about 2.5 kilograms of heroin hidden in her luggage. | Veloso was arrested in 2010 at the airport in the central Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, where officials discovered about 2.5 kilograms of heroin hidden in her luggage. |
| Her lawyers claimed she was duped into carrying it, hidden in the lining of a suitcase, by human traffickers who promised her a domestic job. | Her lawyers claimed she was duped into carrying it, hidden in the lining of a suitcase, by human traffickers who promised her a domestic job. |
| Veloso's mother, Celia, told Manila radio station DZBB from Indonesia that what happened was “a miracle.” | Veloso's mother, Celia, told Manila radio station DZBB from Indonesia that what happened was “a miracle.” |
| “We thought we've lost my daughter. I really thank God. What my daughter Mary Jane said earlier was true, 'If God wants me to live, even if just by a thread or just in the final minute, I will live,” she said. | “We thought we've lost my daughter. I really thank God. What my daughter Mary Jane said earlier was true, 'If God wants me to live, even if just by a thread or just in the final minute, I will live,” she said. |
| “That's what she said and it became true. So I really thank God for this miracle that happened to my child.” | “That's what she said and it became true. So I really thank God for this miracle that happened to my child.” |
| In Manila, the temporary reprieve sparked celebrations Manila, where about 250 people holding a candlelight vigil outside the Indonesian Embassy broke into applause after learning that Veloso had escaped death. | In Manila, the temporary reprieve sparked celebrations Manila, where about 250 people holding a candlelight vigil outside the Indonesian Embassy broke into applause after learning that Veloso had escaped death. |
| A spokesperson for the Philippines President thanked his Indonesian counterpart, Jokowi Widodo for giving due consideration to the legal appeals and expressed his hope that a wider criminal operation would be uncovered. | A spokesperson for the Philippines President thanked his Indonesian counterpart, Jokowi Widodo for giving due consideration to the legal appeals and expressed his hope that a wider criminal operation would be uncovered. |
| Two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian man were executed. | Two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian man were executed. |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |