Deputy Minister Of Law And Human Rights: Execution Of Mary Jane Await Legal Decision In The Philippines

YOGYAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkum HAM) Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej said that the execution of the Philippines' drug convict Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso is still waiting for a legal decision in the Philippines.

"We are waiting for the verdict in the Philippines," said the Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights while visiting the Wirogunan Class II A Prison, Yogyakarta City, as reported by Antara, Friday, February 18.

The Indonesian government, he said, had not been able to continue the execution until a decision was made regarding the Mary Jane case in the Philippines.

"In the Philippines, we don't have the authority to force them, they must quickly decide the case," said the man who is often called Eddy Hiariej.

While visiting the Yogyakarta Class IIB Women's Prison in Wonosari, Gunungkidul Regency, Thursday, February 17, Eddy admitted that he had met Mary Jane.

"It's true that I met Mary Jane," he said.

In April 2010, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was arrested at Yogyakarta's Adi Sutjipto International Airport for being caught red-handed carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroin.

Subsequently, in October 2010, Mary Jane was sentenced to death by a panel of judges at the Sleman District Court, Yogyakarta.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo also rejected the clemency application submitted by Mary Jane in 2014.

When she was about to undergo execution with eight convicts of drug cases in Nusakambangan, Cilacap, Central Java, 29 April 2015, Mary Jane was not executed and returned to the Yogyakarta Prison following a request from the Philippine authorities regarding Maria Kristina's confession that Mary Jane was suspected of being a victim of human trafficking. .

According to Eddy Hiariej, it is very likely that the legal decision regarding the case will be used by Mary Jane's attorney to file a review (PK).

"The decision in the Philippines will definitely be used by its legal counsel to submit a judicial review," said the Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights.