BuCor lobbies for Asean prisoner swap

Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star

February 16, 2025 | 12:00am

Puerto Princesa City , Philippines —  Following the transfer of drug convict Mary Jane Veloso from Indonesia to the Philippines last year, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is pushing for the adoption of a policy that would allow individuals imprisoned in any Southeast Asian country to be repatriated to their home countries to serve their sentences.

The proposed policy was among the key measures discussed during the second Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Correctional Conference yesterday.

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