Roundup: Indonesia delays execution amid int'l pressure

Citing a reason to wait for completion of legal proceeding on appeal filed in by a Philippine female convict who is among the death row in the second batch of execution this year, Indonesia halt the execution following revelation of a report on "spy material" that may jeopardize Indonesian president's credibility.

The report was published last week sourced from a document released by former United States security analyst in exile, Edward Snowden, saying New Zealand's intelligence service has been electronically intercepted emails, mobile and fixed phones of influential figures in its neighboring countries including Indonesia.

Indonesian media said content of spying materials were telephone conversations and communication instruments of Indonesian President Joko Widodo that made the execution delayed.

The espionage materials were shared with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), along with agencies in Australia, Britain and Canada, making up the "Five Eyes" surveillance network.

Australia has been in a hard bid to free its nationals from death row.

Australian prime minister and foreign minister had frequently requested and called their Indonesian counterparts to free Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the two Australians from the upcoming execution after Indonesian president rejected their clemencies.

Speaking in his official visit in city of Blora in Central Java on Sunday, Widodo said there will be no delay on the execution.

"No delay, we would not convey the execution time schedule of the execution in public. It cannot be (conveyed)," the president said.

On several occasions, the president said Indonesia wants to make friends with any country. But when it comes to legal sovereignty, it cannot be compromised, he said.

Indonesia previously executed six drug case convicts in January, conducted in weekend.

The second batch of execution was initially scheduled in February. Due to "technical issues", the government delayed the execution in March.

Ten convicts from several nationalities implicated in drug and murder cases have been put in death row with nine of them have already placed in cells at Indonesia's high security prison of Nusakambangan, located off Central Java coast.

Those convicts were originated from Australia, France, Spain, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Effendi Simbolon, a legislator at Commission III of the parliament said the attorney general should not wait too long time in executing those convicts. He alleged that the execution delay was related to massive pressures from international community.

"We now assess government's firm stance, whether it comply with constitution or bows to international pressure," he said.

Besides Australia, Brazil took serious measures to respond to the execution against its nationals that eventually risk diplomatic ties with Indonesia.

The French government had also asked Indonesia to free its citizen from the execution, but it was empty handed.

Widodo said the execution against drug convicts was part of the nation's campaign against drug abuses which apparently has endangered the young generation in the country.

The president said he has rejected clemencies of 64 drug convicts, putting them in the death row in Indonesia. Endi