No pardon for Thai smugglers

No pardon for Thai smugglers

JAKARTA: Three Thai nationals on death row inhabiting a North
Sumatra jail were not among the 17,361 convicts across the
country who had been granted a government pardon in commemoration
of Indonesia's 54th Independence Day.

"The three convicts are Saelan Prasad, 52, Ayodiya Prasad
Combay, 53, and Namsong Sirlak, 23," the official in charge of
prison affairs Mintarjo told Antara over the weekend.

The three Thais were sentenced to death for smuggling 12.5
kilograms of heroin into Indonesian territory through Polonia
Airport, Medan, in 1993.

The Thais could apply for clemency from the president, he
said.

Six foreigners are jailed in North Sumatera for various
offenses. Five of them are Thai nationals, and the other is a
Malaysian. (edt)