The Philippine government is appealing to the Indonesian government to review the case of a convicted Filipina drug courier on death row. Indonesia’s Attorney General said that a Filipino citizen would be part of the next batch of executions, which are carried out by firing squads. The only Filipino on Indonesia’s death row is Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, 30, who was sentenced to death by the Sleman District Court in October 2010 for attempting to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of heroin into Indonesia from Malaysia in April 2010. “We are already working with a law firm and we have appealed for her case to be reviewed, even before the first batch of executions,” Charge d’Affairs Roberto G. Manalo of the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta said.
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