Roundup: Indonesia remains adamant on execution plan

Indonesia issued stern statements related to moves taken by Australia to free its nationals from execution in Indonesia, saying it may release all asylum seekers now stranded in Indonesia at once, which would eventually make Australia face 'tsunami' of illegal migrants.

The statement was released by Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security affairs Tedjo Edhi Purdjiatno following publication of a report on espionage materials possibly containing results of wiretapping on President Joko Widodo's communication devices prior to the 2014 election.

Tedjo said on Tuesday that Indonesia would release thousands of asylum seekers to Australia should Canberra undertakes moves that hinders bilateral ties between the two neighboring nations.

"There are more than 10,000 ones (asylum seekers) stayed in Indonesia at this moment," Tedjo said, adding that if they were let loose to go to Australia, they would be like tsunami intruding Australia.

Thousands of asylum seekers from conflicting countries were now stranded in Indonesia in their efforts to go to Australia, waiting for official documents from UNHCR that licensing them to be placed in countries willing to accept them.

The recent report on the espionage materials was citing the document of former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, who said New Zealand's intelligence service has intercepted electronic communications of leaders in Pacific countries, including Indonesia, in the last few years.

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

Tedjo said that Indonesia would issue a diplomatic note to protest should Australia use the espionage materials to oppress Indonesia related to the execution.

Australia has been struggling hard to release its two nationals, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan who were charged under drug cases, from execution.

Besides calling for the exemption of its nationals from the execution, Australia has threatened to boycott tourism in Indonesia's resort island of Bali, lobbying the UN to stop Indonesia from executing the convicts and offered an exchange of convicts in drug cases.

In a latest effort, Australia's most senior Muslim Cleric Ibrahim Abu Mohamed flown to Jakarta to plead for the lives of two Australian convicts on Wednesday, asking the Indonesian government to deeply consider their apology.

So far Indonesia remained adamant with the execution plan.

President Joko Widodo's close aide Andi Widjayanto said that there has been no changing plan related to the execution. "Until the latest session in cabinet meeting, there has been no change," Andi, who is President Widodo's cabinet secretary said in presidential palace on Wednesday.

President Widodo was determent to reject clemencies of those implicated in drug cases related to the nation's campaign against rampant drug abuses in the country. A total of 4.5 million people were now rehabilitated in government's facilities to heal from drug addiction.

Indonesia has executed six people convicted in drug cases in the first batch of execution conducted in Jan. The second batch was delayed from the actual schedule in February due to the government claimed as "technical issues."

It has not been conducted until now as some of the ten convicts from several nationalities were still waiting results of judicial review that may spare their lives from the death row.

Besides the two Australians, Indonesia's upcoming execution would be put on convicts from Brazil, France, Ghana, Spain and the Philippines. Endi