Indonesia submits case of Filipina on death row for review

A district court in Indonesia has submitted to the Supreme Court its findings on the case a Filipina who is on death row for drug smuggling charges. The 30-year-old mother of two is seeking a judicial review of her conviction, arguing that she was deceived by a drug trafficking syndicate and was not given a competent translator during her first trial, which ended in her being sentenced to death. If the Supreme Court accepts the evidence, a judicial review will be conducted. This developed as Indonesia rejected the proposal of Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop for a prisoner swap to save its two citizens who are facing execution for smuggling heroin into Indonesia. However, Indonesia’s Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo insisted the country is determined to put to death those “who have poisoned our nation,” and that the offer from Australia was “not relevant.”

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