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Drug convicts from OZ, Brazil, France to face firing squad soon
Attorney General HM Prasetyo said on Wednesday that five death-row drug-trafficking convicts from France, Ghana, the Philippines and Australia would soon be executed
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ttorney General HM Prasetyo said on Wednesday that five death-row drug-trafficking convicts from France, Ghana, the Philippines and Australia would soon be executed.
Speaking in a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal and security affairs, Prasetyo said that his office was still preparing the location for the execution as well as the timing, as the rainy season was a difficult time to implement the punishment.
'We are still looking for an ideal place [for the execution]. I can confirm that there are convicts from France, Ghana, the Philippines, Australia and Indonesia on our list for immediate execution,' said the NasDem Party politician.
Prasetyo did not disclose the identities of the death-row inmates.
During the hearing, Prasetyo also said that the execution of two Bali Nine drug traffickers, Michael Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, would not be conducted in Bali. The two Australian nationals are currently serving time in the Kerobokan Penitentiary in Denpasar. (ren)
