'No time limit for executions'

'No time limit for executions'

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: An intelligence affairs assistant to the attorney general, Patuan Siahaan, said in Palembang on Saturday that there was no time limit set for the execution of those who had been sentenced to death.

"Someone who is sentenced to death by the court can be executed soon after his request for clemency has been rejected by the president," he said.

Asked to comment on Jurit bin Abdullah, whose request for clemency was rejected by President Megawati Soekarnoputri, Patuan said his office would still give him the chance to seek other legal means to avoid execution.

"We are giving Jurit and his family the chance to seek other possible legal ways out because if he is executed, there will be no more chances as it's impossible to bring the dead back to life," he said.

Jurit was given the death sentence after being found guilty of sadistically murdering a self-defense coach in 1997. --Antara