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Convicts transferred to Indonesian island for execution: official

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nine of a total of 10 convicts have been transferred to a jail on an island in Central Java province as of Wednesday afternoon as Indonesia prepares for their executions, said Indonesia's Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo.

"Another convict from the Philippines was still waiting results of her appeal from a court in Yogyakarta," Prasetyo said in his office here, adding that the date of executions has yet to be set, though media reports said they might be held at the weekend.

The 10 convicts scheduled for the upcoming executions, whose clemency appeals have been rejected by the Indonesian president, are from Indonesia, Australia, Ghana, Nigeria, France, Brazil and the Philippines.

The foreign nationals were drug traffickers arrested red-handed by Indonesian authorities several years ago, while the domestic convicts were charged for their involvement in serious murder cases.

The attorney-general said that arrangements for the executions, including armaments used by the firing squads, are now underway at the Nusakambangan jail.

Indonesia had delayed the executions due to technical reasons, which was initially scheduled to take place by the end of last month.

The country's decision to execute foreign convicts has drawn the ire of countries where some of the convicts come from. Brazilian President Dilma Roussef was reluctant to accept the credentials of an incoming Indonesian ambassador, after Indonesia executed a Brazilian citizen for drug smuggling in January.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, while reacting to the expected executions of two of its citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, warned that Australian tourists might boycott Indonesia should the executions take place.

However, Indonesian President Joko Widodo insisted that the country's law enforcement could not be interfered with.

Indonesia has declared a campaign against rampant drug abuse after President Widodo took office last October. The first batch of six drug convicts were executed in several locations around the Nusakamabangan jail in January. Endi