Astini faces execution<\/p>\n
SURABAYA: Astini, a 49-year old woman on death row for
\nmultiple murders in Surabaya, East Java, will likely face the
\npolice firing squad this week, officials said here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"The execution will be carried out in the near future. I
\ncannot specify the date. God willing, this week,\" said Surabaya
\nHigh Prosecutor's Office head AF Darmawan.<\/p>\n
Surabaya prison chief Wibowo Joko Harjono confirmed the plan
\nto execute Astini this week. \"She arrived here on Tuesday at
\naround 11 p.m. from the Lowok Waru women's prison in Malang (East
\nJava).\"<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Astini's execution had originally been
\nscheduled for after Idul Fitri in November.<\/p>\n
Astini was found guilty eight years ago of murdering and
\nmutilating three women on separate occasions between August 1993
\nand September 1995. She killed the three because they were unable
\nto repay their debts to her.<\/p>\n
Indonesia executed three convicts for drug trafficking last
\nyear.<\/p>\n
Namsong Sirilak, a 32-year-old woman, and Saelow Prasert, a
\n62-year-old man, both Thai nationals, were executed separately on
\nOct. 1. Another convict, who was sentenced to death for smuggling
\n12 kilograms of heroin, Indian national Ayodhay Prasad Chaubey,
\nwas executed in August. The Medan District Court found the three
\nguilty and sentenced them to death in 1996. --Antara<\/p>",
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