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Indonesia says no postponement on planned executions

Xinhua, February 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday that there will be no postponement on the executions of 11 convicts on death row, most of them on drug charges.

The Indonesian president, meanwhile, also warned foreign countries not to intervene in his country's law enforcement.

President Widodo noted that he had refused to give mercy to 64 convicts, including the 11 persons, as drug trafficking has posed a threat to the country

Mercy pleas have been repeatedly appealed by Australia, Brazil and France, whose citizens are among those to face the capital punishment. "The first thing that I need to say firmly is that there shouldn't be any intervention in the death penalty because it is our sovereignty on law, our sovereignty on politics," the president said at the State Palace.

Separately, a court in Jakarta on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the two Australian citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran who are among the 11 convicts, against the president's rejection of their request for clemency.

Indonesian Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo said that the executions of the 11 convicts are ready and preparations have been made. Indonesia has applied harsh punishment for drug trafficking. Endi