By: Agus *)
French Ambassador to Indonesia Corinne Breuze says that bilateral relations between France and Indonesia going normal eventhough the suspended of death row inmate Serge Atlaoui’s execution.
He explains that relations were normal while awaiting a conclution on the French national’s case review request from the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN).
He says “We lodged an appeal that is still ongoing and the lawyers are still working on it because we have some issues on the judicial aspect.”
The suspect, Atlaoui, was crossed off a list of death row inmates executed at the few hours of April 29, allowing an outstanding legal appeal to challenge President Joko Widodo’s clemency rejection.
Previously, in 2005 the police arrested Atlaoui when they raided a factory producing ecstasy in Tangerang, Banten.
The French citizen was subsequently convicted in 2007 for the possession of 138 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 290 kg of ketamine and 316 drums of precursor substances.
*) The Author is Brunei Contributor
