MARY Jane Veloso, who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row, tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-for pardon in a women's prison.

Veloso, a mother of two, landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at daybreak, then was immediately transferred to prison following a repatriation deal between the two countries over a decade in the making.

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