June 17
INDONESIA:
Indonesia to Execute 2 Foreigners on Death Row Soon
2 foreigners found guilty of smuggling heroin into Indonesia are expected to be
executed by a firing squad in the coming months.
The 2 death row inmates, currently housed at Nusakambangan Island penitentiary,
Cilacap, are Namaona Denis from Malawi and Muhammad Abdul Hafez from Pakistan.
Namaona Denis was sentenced to death after being convicted of smuggling 1
kilogram of heroin, while Mohammed Abdul Hafez was convicted of smuggling 900
grams of heroin.
Both foreign nationals were tried and sentenced by the Tangerang District Court
in 2001.
It has been rumored that the 2 inmates will be executed in July 2012 because
Tangerang prosecutors have coordinated with the embassies of the countries of
origin of the prisoners. The police will serve as the executioners.
Djaja Subagya, head of the Tangerang prosecutor’s office, confirmed the
execution plan.
“Both of them have tried some legal efforts [to escape] the death sentence,
such as appeal, review and clemency, but all have been rejected,” Djaja said as
quoted by indopos.com. “Because they have been rejected, we’re going to execute
them.”
Djaja said he would send official letters to Nusakambangan penitentiary, the
Justice and Human Rights Ministry, the Central Java police and embassies of
countries where the prisoners are from.
“The execution process is long and should not be done carelessly,” he said.
Djaja also said the prisoners might want to send their last messages to their
families.
“Last messages such as where they want to be buried,” he said.
(source: Jakarta Globe)
_______________________________________________
DeathPenalty mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/listinfo/deathpenalty
Search the Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A free service of WashLaw
http://washlaw.edu
(785)670.1088
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
