The government has announced that after 14 years of detention in Indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso will return to the Philippines — but does this mean she is free?

Mary Jane Veloso is coming home to the Philippines – Marcos Mary Jane Veloso will be sent back to the Philippines from Indonesia, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirmed Wednesday. In a statement, Marcos said the Philippine and Indonesian governments agreed to bring Veloso back to Manila after 10 years of diplomacy and consultation regarding her case.

MANILA – Indonesia did not ask anything in exchange for the return of Mary Jane Veloso, but the Philippines will certainly remember this gesture, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). In a Palace press briefing Wednesday,