Indonesia is set to repatriate Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine woman, to her home country on Wednesday.
Mary has been on death row since 2019 for drug trafficking.
Jakarta agreed last month to repatriate Veloso, a former domestic helper and mother of two, who was arrested in Yogyakarta 14 years ago.
At that time, she was found with 2.6 kg (5.73 lb) of heroin concealed in a suitcase.
Veloso’s case caused a domestic outcry in the Philippines.
She received a last-minute reprieve from execution in 2015 after the late former President Benigno Aquino appealed to the Indonesian government.
President Aquino argued that Mary could be a vital witness in prosecuting drug syndicates.
World boxing icon Manny Pacquiao had also campaigned for her to be spared the death penalty.
Veloso will be flown from a female prison in the capital of Jakarta, where she had been moved from a Yogyakarta jail, to the Philippines.
Deputy Minister in the Indonesian Ministry for Law and Human Rights Affairs, I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram gave this information at a Press conference on Monday.
Veloso will serve the remaining sentence in the Philippines.
The foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the repatriation.
Indonesia repatriated five remaining members of the “Bali Nine” Australian drug ring over the weekend to serve their sentences in their home country, at the request of Canberra.
Jakarta did not announce the timing of the Bali Nine transfer, but Surya denied any difference in treatment, saying Australia had requested the timing not to be publicly disclosed.
Indonesian officials have previously said they were also considering a request from France for the repatriation of death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui.
Serge was convicted for drug offences.
Britain, Saudi Arabia and Iran plan to make similar prisoner transfer requests, Indonesian government official Ahmad Kaffah said.
“It must be underlined that the transfers of prisoners are done with the principle of reciprocity, so that in time, we expect the same treatment from those countries.”
(With inputs from Reuters)
