JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a last-ditch plea to be returned home, Indonesian authorities said Friday, as the new administration of President Prabowo Subianto planned to give pardon to 44,000 inmates nationwide.
Associated PressJAKARTA, Indonesia — An ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a last-ditch plea to be returned home, Indonesian authorities said Friday, as the new administration of President Prabowo Subianto planned to give pardon to 44,000 inmates nationwide.
The father of four, who turned 61 on Monday and is reportedly suffering from cancer, wrote to the Indonesian government requesting to serve the rest of his sentence in his home country, according to Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Indonesia's coordinating minister for law, human rights, immigration and corrections.
Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said after a cabinet meeting last week that humanitarianism and rehabilitation were the main reasons for the decision to release about 44,000 prisoners from the country's notoriously overcrowded prisons. No names or details have been disclosed in the announcement. In the case of Atlaoui, Mahendra said it was in the initial stages and will take some time because there has been no official request from the French government.
His case has drawn attention in France, which vigorously opposes the death penalty"in all places and under all circumstances."
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