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Not until 15 minutes after Filipina domestic helper Mary Jane Veloso was supposed to be executed in Indonesia did her sisters realized she was spared. Indonesian authorities decided to stay her execution after last-minute efforts by the Philippine government, among them a phone call by President Benigno Aquino III to the Indonesian foreign minister, which could be considered a breach of protocol. Aquino wanted Indonesia to let Veloso testify against her illegal recruiter, who had surrendered to Philippine authorities hours before that, and possibly help lead Indonesian probers to a drug trafficking ring in Malaysia. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima advised Aquino to invoke the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ 11-year-old Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, which obliges member countries to help each other in fighting crimes across their borders. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, meanwhile, cited the work of human rights groups in convincing him to allow the postponement of Veloso’s execution until the case against her recruiter is resolved in the Philippines.
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