No exact date has been set for drug convict Mary Jane Veloso’s transfer to the Philippines but her mother is already thinking of dishes to prepare for her first

Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. Behind the walls of Yogyakarta Women’s Prison, Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine national once destined for execution, has found a second chance. She now spends her days teaching fellow inmates the art of batik-making, a surprising turn for a mother who has endured 14 years on death row.

The mother of Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas Filipino worker on Indonesian death row for drug trafficking, said her daughter may not be safe in the Philippines. Veloso’s mom Celia was reacting to the announcement of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.