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One of the world’s most popular athletes has pleaded for the life of former OFW Mary Jane Veloso, who is facing execution in Indonesia due to drug-related charges.
Veloso has maintained her innocence, saying she was duped into transporting heroin by her recruiter-friend.
READ: In her own words: Drug convict Mary Jane Veloso tells her story
“Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has made a plea to Indonesia President Joko Widodo to grant executive clemency to Veloso, who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, April 28, in Indonesia,” reports AJ Bolando on Philstar.com.
In a live TV interview on GMA News on Mon, Apr 27, Pacquiao said, “His excellency Joko Widodo, I am Manny Pacquiao. In behalf of my countryman, Mary Jane Veloso and the entire Filipino people, I am begging and knocking at your kind heart that your excellency will grant executive clemency to her by sparing her life and saving her from execution.”
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Pacquiao stated, “On May 2nd I will fight Mayweather which is considered as the fight of the century. It will be great morale booster if in my own little way I can save a life.”
Note the operative phrase: “great morale booster.” He will be fighting Floyd Mayweather on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The report noted: “The 30-year-old Veloso was sentenced to death by firing squad after she was nabbed in 2010 for possession of 2.6 kilograms of heroin.”
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