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    Croc Island seems more humane than the Dutarte method.

    If any westerners get the bright idea of smuggling drugs thinking that ol' Clive is going to fly over and save their butts, they are sadly mistaken.

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    Veloso taken off death row ‘indefinitely’

    JAKARTA—President Duterte took up the case of convicted Filipino drug mule Mary Jane Veloso in his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on Friday, but the details, he said, were “not for public consumption.”

    The President was expected to appeal Veloso’s death sentence, which was scheduled for May 2015, but she was saved by a last-minute reprieve after an appeal by then President Benigno Aquino III.

    Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said both governments felt no urgency to take action in the Veloso case as she had been taken off the execution schedule indefinitely.

    “This is not an urgent issue as of now, let’s finish the process,” Yasay said. “Her scheduled execution had been deferred because she would be testifying in the deposition case against her illegal recruiter. After prosecuting the illegal recruiter who (is one of) the main principals here, and if it turns out in the trial in the Philippines that Mary Jane (was) a victim, then at that point we can ask for clemency soon,” he added.

    Pressed to comment on whether he exchanged notes on antidrug measures with Widodo, Mr. Duterte said, “No, I said that we will continue to respect each others’ judicial processes. The rule of law is what matters; (it) gives order to the community.”

    Yasay said he was hopeful that the case against the illegal recruiter of Veloso, who was caught with 2.5 kilograms of cocaine inside the lining of her luggage at the Indonesian airport in 2010, would be resolved in a year’s time.

    In the meantime, Yasay said Veloso had been allowed to give her deposition in the case pending with the Nueva Ecija Regional Trial Court.

    http://globalnation.inquirer.net/144...finitely-yasay

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    Jokowi: Duterte okayed Filipino death row inmate execution

    JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Monday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte had given the green light for the execution of Filipina death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso.

    “President Duterte has given the go-ahead to proceed with the execution,” Jokowi was quoted as saying by Antara news agency in Serang, Banten.

    According to Jokowi, the legal process will be followed up by Attorney General M. Prasetyo.

    “I have explained to [Duterte] about Mary Jane’s situation and I told him that Mary Jane [has been found guilty] for carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroin.

    “I also told him about the delay in the execution during the meeting,” Jokowi said.

    http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regio...oso-execution/
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Indonesia Approves Death Penalty for Child Sex Offenders

    BANGKOK – The Indonesian Parliament has approved new punitive measures, including the death penalty and chemical castration, against those found guilty of sexual abuse of minors, local media reports said on Thursday.

    Besides tougher punishment, the move, proposed by Prime Minister Joko Widodo’s government, also allows for the use of electronic tracking devices for offenders, who are released after completing their sentences.

    The controversial law that prompted serious debates over the last two months, was passed Wednesday amid opposition by three political parties, reported the daily Jakarta Globe.

    Some of the factions remained undecided owing to a lack of explanation from the government about the procedure to implement chemical castration, the daily said, while the country’s medical associations have also forwarded their ethical objections to the government.

    Widodo had proposed the legislative change in May, following the gangrape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in a school on the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia.

    The incident sparked wide outrage in the country as well as on social media and calls for tougher punishment for such crimes.

    http://www.laht.com/article.asp?Cate...icleId=2423037

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    Plan to execute death row inmates still on: AGO

    The government will carry out another round of executions but it has not yet decided on the timing, Attorney General Muhaammad Prasetyo has said.

    “There are lots of things that we are considering, including the fact that the country is concentrating on economic improvement. We are building a better political life,” he said on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.

    Previously, Prasetyo said the fourth round of executions under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration had not been scheduled this year because the government was seeking international support for its bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

    But Prasetyo made clear on Friday that the death row inmates would still be executed. “[The execution] is still on. It’s just the timing that hasn’t been decided yet,” he said.

    The Jokowi government has carried out three batches of execution since the President took office in late 2014. In January 2015, six convicts were executed, while another eight were executed in April 2015. The latest round of executions was in July 2016, when four convicts were executed.

    http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2...ll-on-ago.html

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    Indonesia transfers US citizen to 'execution island'

    Transfer of Frank Amado, who faces death penalty for drug trafficking, prompts fears of new round of executions.

    Indonesia has transferred a convicted US citizen to its so-called execution island, prompting fears among rights organisations that the government may be preparing another round of firing squads.

    Human Rights Watch said Frank Amado, who faces the death penalty for drug trafficking, had been moved to facilities on Nusa Kambangan island, the site of previous recent executions.

    Indonesian press is reporting six other foreign nationals on death row may have moved along with him, including Chen Weibiao, Xiao Jin Zeng and Lo Tin Yau, from China; Malaysian citizen E Wee Hock; Frank Nwaomeka from Nigeria; and Lai Siu Cheung Anika, from Hong Kong.

    No US citizen has ever been executed by the Indonesian government.

    “This is a worrying development. But we can’t be entirely certain if these transfers are part of preparations for new executions, due to the lack of transparency that is just one of many problems with Indonesia’s penal system,” said Ricky Gunawan, director of the Community Legal Aid Institute, an organisation in Jakarta that has worked with Human Rights Watch to monitor Amado’s case.

    “The most recent executions were preceded by transfers to Nusa Kambangan, which is often called execution island here, but the government also sometimes moves prisoners there for other reasons.

    “There are serious irregularities in Indonesia’s death penalty system and we call for a halt to this round of executions with a view to implementing a new moratorium and then abolition.”

    After a halt on executions between 2009 and 2012, Indonesia has carried out three rounds of executions, the last of which took place in July 2016. Four of 14 death row prisoners were executed, and legal experts in the country are still unsure why the other 10 had their deaths postponed.

    Human Rights Watch and Gunawan say Amado technically has one more appeal round available to him, but that in the past the Indonesian government has carried out the death sentence in similar situations.

    These two groups are not working closely with the other death row prisoners reportedly transferred recently, but like many international organisations they call for a stop to all executions in the country.

    Amado has said in previous interviews that he was involved in the storing of shabu, a local name for a drug similar to crystal meth, but that since his arrest in 2009, he has seen that the Indonesian justice system is marked by abuse and corruption.

    In 2011, US government representatives said they would not intervene in the case.

    Neither the US embassy in Jakarta nor the Indonesian attorney general’s office immediately responded to requests for comment.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ecution-island

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    British grandmother on death row in Bali faces losing last-ditch appeal after thousands of pounds of funding goes missing

    A British grandmother on Death Row for drug-smuggling faces losing her last chance to escape the firing squad after thousands of pounds to fund a final appeal went missing.

    Well-wishers and church groups raised £40,000 to help Lindsay Sandiford, 61, appeal against the death penalty for smuggling 10 lb of cocaine into Bali in 2012.

    The money was paid into accounts controlled by Indonesian legal advocate Ursa Supit, who used to work with British charity Reprieve.

    But 18 months after receiving the funds, Supit has failed to lodge an appeal – despite withdrawing £7,800 to make the arrangements.

    She has also refused requests from Sandiford to produce bank statements to account for the remaining money and has now cut off all contact with her.

    Friends of Supit say the 45-year-old is a drug addict and is unable to account for the funds.

    Sandiford, of Redcar, Teesside, said: ‘I could now be taken away and executed at any time.’

    Supit is living on an island near Bali where she bought a three-year lease on a complex of holiday bungalows.

    She did not respond to calls from The Mail on Sunday.

    Sandiford has had no legal representation since her previous lawyer was jailed for corruption in an unrelated case in 2015.

    The British Government has refused to fund her appeal.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti..._campaign=1490

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    Nigerian gets death penalty for trafficking drugs

    A Nigerian man was sentenced to death by the High Court here yesterday after being found guilty of trafficking 220 grammes of Syabu.

    Judicial Commissioner Dean Wayne Daly made the ruling on Jonas Chihurumnanya after finding that the latter's defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt on his case.

    Jonas, who is believed to be a liaison officer for Nigerian students here, was arrested by police at the parking space of a popular fast-food restaurant chain at Jalan Canna, here on June 7, 2016.

    Clad in a black T-shirt, Jonas, represented by counsels Lim Lian Kee and Wit Malang, appeared calm when the sentence was delivered.

    A total of 9 prosecution witnesses appeared during the trial, while Jonas made a statement under oath when entering his defence.

    Jonas was initially jointly charged with another accused, Ifasinachi Dominic Oguzie, but the latter failed to turn up in court during the trial and was issued with a warrant of arrest.

    Prior to sentencing yesterday, Jonas' lawyers made an application for adjournment of the delivery of decision under Section 425 of the Criminal Procedure Code to recall a witness to give statement.

    They said they wanted to recall the female witness, who is a friend of Ifasinachi, to testify again.

    Wit said the woman had testified to seeing a disposable diaper similar to the one used to wrap the drugs found in the car, when both accused were arrested.

    However, DPP Musli Abdul Hamid said the Jonas never mentioned the woman';s name in his statement and called for the application to be rejected.

    In entering his defence, Jonas said Ifasinachi, also known as Bobby, had borrowed a car from him to go to a laundromat before returning and placing the car key in the living room.

    Jonas said he later drove the car to a petrol station and then went to the fast-food restaurant where he was arrested by police.

    (source: theborneopost.com)
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    Terminally ill Pakistani prisoner on death row dies in Indonesia

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    Jakarta (AP) - A terminally ill Pakistani prisoner on death row in Indonesia passed away in a hospital today, shortly after rights activists in Pakistan sought his release on humanitarian grounds.

    Zulfiqar Ali, who was arrested in November 2004 and convicted on drug smuggling charges, died at Medistra Hospital in southern Jakarta, said Rika Apriyanti, a spokeswoman for the Correctional Directorate at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry.

    She said Ali's body had been handed over to his wife and would be flown back to Pakistan.

    Ali's death came after the rights group Justice Project Pakistan, which opposes capital punishment, appealed to the Indonesian government to free Ali. The group said his trial was unfair and he had been wrongfully convicted.

    Ali was to have faced the firing squad in July 2016 along with 13 other convicts, mostly foreigners.

    However, his execution and that of nine others were cancelled at the last minute after authorities apparently decided that legal requirements had not been fully satisfied.

    Sarah Belal, the executive director of Justice Project Pakistan, said they could not save Ali's life but wanted to help him "die a free man."

    Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain had asked Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to pardon Ali.

    https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/s...219-2018-05-31

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    Cocaine gran fears she’s next for the firing squad

    DEATH row gran Lindsay Sandiford reckons she could be executed within days.

    She is being held in a hellhole jail for smuggling 4.7kg of cocaine into the Indonesian island of Bali.

    A judge has ordered that the 62-year-old former legal secretary must die by firing squad.

    Writing on her website, she said: “I have to accept the possibility I could be included in the next batch of drug executions.

    “I don’t harbour any bad feeling towards the kingpin and the other syndicate members, I’ve got too many other things to worry about and I’ll leave that to their own karma.”

    Lindsay, of Redcar, Teesside, is one of a handful of death row prisoners awaiting their fate in the notorious Kerobokan jail.

    In 2012 she was convicted of smuggling cocaine in the lining of her suitcase after being stopped at Ngurah Rai International Airport. She claimed she was forced to do it by a gang who threatened to hurt her son.

    The mum of two has repeatedly failed to get her sentence downgraded to life imprisonment.

    And she admitted her biggest fear is never meeting her two-year-old granddaughter.

    Lindsay added: “I long to see and to hold her, but at the same time I feel it would be better if she didn’t know me.

    “If I did see my granddaughter, it would be for my benefit and not hers.

    “When she grows up, I want her to know I wasn’t a bad person.”

    President Joko Widodo has sent 23 convicts to the firing squad in the last four years, while 47 got death sentences last year alone.

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...death-sentence
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