00:00The Department of Foreign Affairs considers the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines as a great success.
00:07Mary Jane felt mixed emotions, especially after more than a decade that she will be able to reunite with her family.
00:17Gav Villegas of PTV returned to Balitang Pambansa.
00:23The Indonesian government formally transferred Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippine government's custody.
00:29It happened at 11 p.m. before she flew to Manila.
00:33At the press conference at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta on Tuesday night,
00:39Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said that it is a great success in diplomatic relations between the two countries.
00:47The return or transfer of Mary Jane to the Philippines is a win for diplomacy,
00:54for good relations between the Philippines and Indonesia,
00:58and we thank the Indonesian government and all those who are finally realizing the dearest hope and prayer of Mary Jane and the Veloso family.
01:10We want to thank Mary Jane Veloso also because she is a symbol of the Philippines.
01:18She projected the Filipino personality while she has been here 15 years or 14 years in jail.
01:27And the Indonesians have appreciated that.
01:30For Mary Jane, she is happy that she will finally be able to return to the Philippines.
01:36But she is also sad because she is also considered the second home of Indonesia.
01:41In her almost 14 years in prison, she also learned to speak Bahasa Indonesia.
01:48After giving a speech, Mary Jane sang the national anthem of Indonesia.
01:54Indonesia Raya, Maldeka Maldeka, Tanah Kunagrikuyang Kucinta
02:04Indonesia Raya, Maldeka Maldeka, Hiduplah Indonesia Raya
02:15Thank you, Indonesia.
02:18We also thank the Indonesian President Prabowo Sobyanto, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,
02:25and all those who arranged his transfer to return to the Philippines.
02:29In 2010, Mary Jane was arrested by Indonesian authorities for carrying heroin in her suitcase in Yogyakarta.
02:38From People's Television Network, Gabung Wilde Villegas for Balitang Pambansa.
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