Jan. 24
INDONESIA:
Indonesian prosecutors recommend death penalty for Australian
Indonesian prosecutors have called for Australian man, Myuran Sukumaran,
to be sentenced to death if he is convicted for heroin smuggling.
The 25-year-old is the alleged leader of the so-called Bali 9 - a group of
9 Australians attending drug trafficking trials at the Denpasar district
court in Bali.
Our correspondent in Denpasar, Tim Palmer, reports prosecutors have said
there is no reason to grant Mr Sukumaran any leniency.
They have told the court he was at the head of an organised conspiracy to
export a class one drug from Indonesia.
They say he provided money, tickets and hotel bookings for couriers and
strapped heroin to the bodies of 4 people arrested at Denpasar airport.
(source: ABC Asia Pacific News)
PAKISTAN:
3 convicts' death sentence put off for a month
President General Pervez Musharraf has issued orders to defer death
sentence of 3 convicts for a month. The convicts Gul Muhammad Khan, Ahmed
Shir and Abdullah were awarded death sentence after they shot dead four
persons on land dispute on May 29, 1991. They were imprisoned in Mianwali
Jail and were to hang on Tuesday but their relatives appealed to President
Musharraf to give the relaxation of one month to criminals, as they are
trying for truce with the heirs of murdered .
However, President accepted the appeal and Superintendent Mianwali jail
Abdul Rauf Rana stopped implementing the death sentence order after
receiving fax.
(source: Pakistan Tribune)
