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Police ready for drug convict executions, says spokesman
The National Police have readied 24 officers to help the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) implement the execution of drug convicts, National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar has said.
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Officials from the Law and Human Rights Ministry arrive at Nusakambangan prison island on board the Pengayoman vessel after traveling from Wijayapura harbor in May. (thejakartapost.com/Agus Maryono)
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he National Police have readied 24 officers to help the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) carry out the executions of drug convicts, National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar has said.
“Our officers are ready to help in the process of the executions,” Boy told journalists at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Previously, Attorney General M. Prasetyo said the third round of executions would take place after Idul Fitri.
He did not mention an exact date or the number of drug convicts on the execution list. But the police said 15 inmates — 10 foreigners and five Indonesians — had been moved to Nusakambangan prison island, where previous executions have taken place.
Among them are Indonesian drug kingpin Freddy Budiman, who was found guilty of smuggling 1.4 million ecstasy pills from China to Indonesia. Freddy is seeking a case review at the Supreme Court.
“We hope the [Supreme Court] decision will be made immediately so that there will be [legal] certainty,” Prasetyo said as quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday.
The Central Java Police have said the executions could be conducted at any time as 150 people, including personnel from the police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) and religious clerics, have been prepared on Nusakambangan. (bbn)
