Serge Atlaoui, a Frenchman who had been on death row in Indonesia for drug offenses since 2007, was released from prison and transferred to France on Tuesday. Indonesia's decision to release Atlaoui was based on humanitarian grounds due to his ill health. Atlaoui will be presented to French prosecutors and likely detained pending a decision on his adaptation.
A 61-year-old French national, Serge Atlaoui, who was on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offenses , was released from prison on Tuesday and transferred to France . Atlaoui was driven from Salemba prison in Jakarta to the city's main airport, where he was handed over to French police officers before boarding a flight to Paris. In France , he will be presented to prosecutors and likely detained pending a decision on his adaptation.
Jakarta has left it to the French government to grant Atlaoui clemency, amnesty, or a reduced sentence. \\\Atlaoui's release followed an agreement between the French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin and his Indonesian counterpart Yusril Ihza Mahendra on January 24. Under the agreement, Jakarta stated they had decided not to execute Atlaoui and authorized his return on humanitarian grounds due to his ill health. Atlaoui has been receiving weekly medical treatment at a hospital. \\\Atlaoui was arrested in 2005 at a factory in a Jakarta suburb where dozens of kilos of drugs were discovered. Authorities accused him of being a 'chemist'. He has always denied being a drug trafficker, claiming he was installing machinery in what he believed was an acrylic factory. Initially sentenced to life in prison, his sentence was changed to death on appeal. He was scheduled for execution alongside eight others in 2015 but received a reprieve after Paris applied pressure and Indonesian authorities allowed an outstanding appeal to proceed. Indonesia currently has at least 530 inmates on death row, including 90 foreigners. The Indonesian government recently indicated it will resume executions, which have been on hiatus since 2016
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