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PARIS, France – France summoned the Indonesian ambassador on Tuesday, February 17, to voice its “extreme concern” over a French citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in Indonesia.
“The minister expressed France’s firm opposition to the death penalty in all locations and all circumstances,” the office of Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement after he met with ambassador SE Hotmangadjara Pandjaitan.
Serge Atlaoui, a father of 4, was arrested near Jakarta in 2005 in a secret laboratory producing ecstasy. He was sentenced to death in 2007.
“In line with the partnership that unites our two countries, (the minister) underlined France’s special vigilance with respect to the rights of our compatriot,” the statement added.
According to local media reports, Atlaoui, one of 7 foreigners on Indonesia’s death row, could soon face execution.
His lawyer in Indonesia filed a request this month for a review of the trial, a last-ditch attempt to save his client’s life.
The French and 6 other foreigners – including citizens from Australia, Ghana, Brazil, the Philippines and Nigeria – have already lost their appeals for presidential clemency, the final hope of avoiding the firing squad.
The lawyers for the Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine heroin trafficking group, have filed a rare legal appeal claiming that Indonesian President Joko Widodo did not follow the rules in rejecting their clemency bids. (READ: Bali Nine pair on Indonesia’s death row file rare legal challenge)
A Philippines citizen, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, is understoor to be included in the next batch, but Philippines Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose told Rappler on Monday her “execution has been deferred because of the judicial review we requested. The judicial review has yet to be scheduled by the Indonesian government.” (READ: PH seeks case review of Filipina on Indonesia’s death row) – with a report from Paterno Esmaquel II/Rappler.com
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