Mary Jane Will not Leave Indonesia: Vice President

Jakarta (Antara) -- Filipina on death row Mary Jane Veloso will not be allowed to leave Indonesia because she is a convict, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Thursday. \"She will certainly not be allowed (to go back to the Philippines) because she is a convict in Indonesia. Filipino investigators may come here,\" he stated in his office. Mary Jane\'s execution was postponed following a new development in her case in the Philippines that now requires her testimony. Regarding the duration of the postponement of Mary Jane\'s execution, Kalla affirmed that it would not take years, as long as the process in the Philippines is smooth. \"I do not think it will take too long, as long as the process in the Philippines is carried out smoothly,\" he remarked. The vice president reiterated that the postponement of Mary Jane\'s execution was based on Indonesia\'s respect for the law in the Philippines. On Tuesday, the day the execution was scheduled to take place, Mary Jane\'s recruiters Maria Kristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilo were reported to have surrendered to law enforcement authorities in the Philippines. This made the Indonesian government postpone her execution as she would be needed to testify in court. (*)