Execution of convicts on death row urged

Execution of convicts on death row urged

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Minister of Justice and
Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin urged the Attorney General's Office
on Friday to immediately execute nine drug convicts on death row,
six of whom are foreigners.

Hamid, who was visiting the province with President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono, said the legal process to commute the
sentences of the nine to life imprisonment had been exhausted
when former President Megawati Soekarnoputri had refused to
pardon them.

The convicts -- three Indonesians (two women and one man), one
Nepalese, three Nigerians, one Malawian and one Pakistani -- are
currently being detained in penitentiaries in Cipinang,
Tangerang, and Cirebon.

Hamid also said he had requested that the office slap a travel
ban on Sujono Takin, a corruption suspect in the Bahana Security
case, who has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court. -- JP