The plan to transfer the death convicts from five different locations to Nusakambangan in Central Java has also been postponed.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Attorney Generals Office (AGO) has decided to postpone the execution of the Australian drug convicts to meet the demands of the Australian government and convicts families.

"This is our response with regard to the demands made by the Australian government and families of the convicts who have asked for more time for them to be able to meet with (the two convicts)," AGO spokesman Tony Tribagus Spontana stated here on Tuesday.

The AGO plans to execute the 11 convicts on death row, including the drug convicts from Australia, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, after their pleas for clemency were rejected by President Joko Widodo.

Three other convicts to face execution over murder charges are Indonesian citizens: Iyen bin Azwar, Harun bin Ajis, and Sargawi alias Ali bin Sanusi.

The six other convicts including five foreigners to be executed over narcotic cases are Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso from the Philippines, Serge Areski Atlaoui (France), Martin Anderson alias Belo (Ghana), Zainal Abidin (Indonesia), Raheem Agbaje Salami (Cordova), and Rodrigo Gularte (Brazil).

The AGO spokesman noted that the plan to transfer the death convicts from five different locations to Nusakambangan in Central Java has also been postponed.

He remarked that the penitentiary division of the regional office of the ministry of justice and human rights in Central Java has requested that the transfer should be carried out three days before the execution.

"The team of executors have inspected Nusakambangan and have found technical issues, which would make it difficult for five executions to be carried out at the same time at the execution location," he stated.

In view of that, the transfer would be postponed until the isolation rooms and location for the execution are ready, he revealed.

He denied that the execution has been cancelled.

"We are only seeking the right date (for its implementation)," he noted.

He said that the convicts will be executed simultaneously.

Meanwhile, International law professor from Universitas Indonesia Hikmahanto Juwana has criticized the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for demanding the Indonesian government to cancel the execution.

"It is regrettable. His action is an act of intervention, which defends advanced countries in the UN," he stated.

Ban Ki-moon has sought for the cancellation of the execution of death convicts including the two Australian drug convicts, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, grouped in the Bali Nine drug ring .

Hikmahanto has questioned Ban Ki-moon for having sided with advanced countries. (*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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