MJ is still needed to give more information."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The execution of Mary Jane (MJ) Fiesta Veloso is delayed following a request by the Filipino President Benigno Aquino III, according to the Attorney General of Indonesia.
"The execution of MJ has been delayed due to a request by the president of the Philippines," spokesman of the Attorney Generals Office (AGO) Tony Tribagus Spontana stated here on Wednesday.
A Filipino woman has surrendered in her country and has claimed responsibility for victimizing MJ in a human trafficking racket.
"MJ is still needed to give more information," Spontana noted.
Of the initial 10 convicts in the execution list, the Indonesian authorities executed eight prisoners: Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan from Australia; Martin Anderson from Ghana; Zainal Abidin from Indonesia; Rodrigo Gularte from Brazil; and Raheem Agbajeand, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, and Okwudili Oyatanze from Nigeria.
Besides MJ, the execution of the French citizen Serge Areski Atlaoui was also delayed, pending the result of a judicial review filed by him at the State Administrative Court.
In January 2015, the AGO carried out the executions of six death row convicts respectively from Indonesia, Malawi, Nigeria, Vietnam, Brazil, and the Netherlands.
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