Indonesian authorities are making final preparations to execute by firing squad of two convicted drug traffickers, an official said today.
"We are currently preparing the execution of two people who have been sentenced to death for drug offences," attorney general's office spokesman Bonaventura Daulat Nainggolan told AFP.
He declined to name the two but said they had exhausted all avenues of appeal and their demand for clemency had been rejected by the president.
Records show that two Thai nationals have had their appeals and demands for clemency rejected.
The man and woman have been on death row in Medan since 1994 for smuggling 12kg of heroin into the country.
There are 57 people on death row in Indonesia over drug law violations, Nainggolan said.
Among them are at least 27 foreigners, including three Australians who were members of the failed Bali Nine heroin smuggling ring.
The last person to be executed for a drug offence in Indonesia was an Indian national in 2004.
Executions in Indonesia are by firing squad, usually carried out at night in isolated and undisclosed locations. The prisoner is notified of his execution date at least 72 hours beforehand
Source:
theage.com.au
