- Title: Indonesia, France sign deal on French death row convict's repatriation
- Date: 24th January 2025
- Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JANUARY 24, 2025) (REUTERS) INDONESIAN SENIOR MINISTER FOR LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS YUSRIL IHZA MAHENDRA AND FRANCE AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA FABIEN PENONE WALKING TO PODIUM FOR NEWS CONFERENCE NEWS CONFERENCE ONGOING (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) INDONESIAN SENIOR MINISTER FOR LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS YUSRIL IHZA MAHENDRA, SAYING: “What we signed today was an a
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- Keywords: France Indonesia agreement drugs prisoner repatriation
- Location: JAKARTA, TANGERANG, INDONESIA
- City: JAKARTA, TANGERANG, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime/Law/Justice
- Reuters ID: LVA001588824012025RP1
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Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday (January 24) on the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said in a news conference in Jakarta.
Serge Atlaoui, who has been in jail in Indonesia since 2005, is scheduled to return to France on Feb. 4, the senior minister for law and human rights affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, told a press conference.
Atlaoui was sentenced to death for being a chemist in an ecstasy factory in the capital Jakarta that was capable of producing 100 kg (220.46 lb) of the illegal pills every week. He has long maintained his innocence, saying he thought he was working in an acrylics factory.
In 2015, Atlaoui was about to be executed with seven other foreign prisoners but was granted a last-minute reprieve. An Indonesian court then rejected his appeal against the death sentence, leaving him with no other legal options.
France has agreed to several terms proposed by Indonesia, Yusril previously said, including respecting the Indonesian court ruling over Atlaoui.
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