00:00After 15 years, the Veloso family is now in tears of joy
00:08for Mary Jane's return home, the Philippines that was once the capital of Indonesia.
00:15At the airport, the children's emotions were high,
00:19especially when Mary Jane was directed to the correctional where they were not allowed to hug.
00:25That's why their emotions were even higher at the reunion.
00:29Joseph Moro was there.
00:35Upon meeting Mary Jane Veloso,
00:37her son Mark Daryl ran to the airport.
00:43His mother was imprisoned in Indonesia for just one year in 2010.
00:48In that moment, he and his brother Mark Daniel felt the hug of a mother.
00:55Mary Jane!
00:57While she was being called by her siblings,
00:59there was no sibling hug here at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong.
01:06That's why when Mary Jane faced the media,
01:09I'm so happy!
01:11I thought she was going to cry.
01:14Mary Jane will be quarantined for five days at the Correctional's Reception and Diagnostics Center
01:19before being transferred to a regular cell.
01:22Despite that, they were allowed to celebrate Christmas together.
01:27The Veloso family celebrated this day for almost 15 years.
01:32That's why they were ready to go to the airport early in the morning.
01:36Aside from the flowers, they were holding their hopes.
01:39Since Mary Jane was imprisoned,
01:41she was forced to hug a recruiter who had heroin.
01:45Mom, what do you feel?
01:48I'm so happy!
01:51Every day, when we call her, we believe that she will be able to go home.
01:55I'm happier now than when we used to visit my mom.
02:00Because now, she's closer to us even though we visit her every day.
02:06On the way back to her memories,
02:08Mary Jane's fear and anxiety for her daughter was still there.
02:11I don't know what to do.
02:13What are you thinking?
02:15I'm thinking if my daughter will be raped there,
02:18if my daughter will be beaten there.
02:21They went to the airport because they were told that
02:24they will have a chance to be with their daughter in the VIP lounge.
02:28Now, we're at the airport.
02:31I'm so happy to see you.
02:33I'm thinking that I will be able to go home.
02:38But what they were hoping for didn't happen.
02:41At the airport, they were able to cross the security line
02:44where Mary Jane will pass through.
02:46And when Mary Jane's plane landed at 6 in the morning,
02:50she was quickly put in an SUV.
02:53She wasn't alone.
02:54Her parents were waiting for her.
02:56Mary Jane!
03:02Her convoy couldn't do anything but watch
03:04while the flowers were blooming for her daughter.
03:07I'm so sad.
03:09They made my daughter a criminal.
03:11She's innocent.
03:13Why didn't they let us see her?
03:16We wanted to hug her.
03:23Their family knows,
03:26they know through the lawyers,
03:28that they shouldn't go to the airport
03:31because of security issues, health issues.
03:34And finally, the long-awaited reunion happened at the Correctional.
03:40She will stay here for two months
03:43before being transferred to the maximum compound
03:45to serve the sentence of life imprisonment
03:48imposed by Indonesia.
03:50It's important for me to be given clemency
03:53so that I can reunite with my family.
03:55For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,
03:59for Tutok 24 Horas.
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