Death-row inmates' time running out

Death-row inmates' time running out

SURABAYA: The Attorney General's Office expects to execute two
convicted drug traffickers on death row this month, an official
said.

"I cannot reveal the details but they will be executed in
Medan this month," office spokesman Kemas Yahya Rahman said on
Monday.

He was referring to Thai nationals Saelow Prasert, 62, and
Namsong Sirilak, 32, who were convicted of smuggling heroin into
the country. The third convict in the case, Indian national
Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey, was executed by firing squad last month.

The President rejected the appeals for a pardon by the three
on Aug. 18.

According to law, the prosecutors must either execute or send
to jail convicts whose appeals for presidential pardon or a
review of their cases is rejected. -- Antara