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Indonesian official urges Netherlands, Brazil to respect Indonesia's law

Xinhua, January 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno on Monday urged the governments of Netherlands and Brazil to respect legal process in Indonesia after the two countries recalled their ambassadors from the country over drug execution.

"Foreign countries have to respect the Indonesian law because Indonesia is a sovereign country," Edhy said at the State Palace.

Brazil and the Netherlands have recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury after Jakarta denied their pleas and executed two of their citizens along with four other drug offenders.

The four other convicts were from Vietnam, Nigeria, Malawi and Indonesia.

Previously Indonesian President Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, stressed that he would not give clemency to any drug dealers who have been sentenced to death penalty as the country has been on emergency against the danger of drug.

Jokowi said that he had already rejected dozens of petitions for exemption submitted by drug dealers who have been sentenced to death penalty by courts. Endi