Jakarta set to execute drug mules
27/6/08
Indonesia is to speed up the execution process for drug traffickers, in a major blow for three Australians on death row for heroin smuggling. As authorities prepared for the executions last night of two Nigerian heroin smugglers, Attorney-General Hendarman Supandji said other drug offenders on death row could expect their cases to be expedited. “They are all still in the (legal) process and will be accelerated according to existing regulations,” the Antara news agency quoted him as saying. The head of Indonesia’s anti-drugs body said executions must take place more quickly to deter the traffickers. “To give them a lesson, drug traffickers must be executed immediately,” said police chief and anti-narcotics chairman General Sutanto.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23930382-25837,00.html
Tags: Capital Punishment, Drugs, Indonesia