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Indonesia readies prison island for drug convict executions

JAKARTA- Indonesia has beefed up security at Nusa Kambangan prison island and closed it to visitors in a sign that authorities will execute people convicted of drug crimes for the third time since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was elected in 2014.

 

The head of prisons in Central Java province said Tuesday that about 1,000 police have been sent to Cilacap, the town nearest the maximum security island, and that the prison is waiting for the attorney general's order to carry out the executions.

 

Local media reports said 14 people, including foreigners, would be executed by firing squad. The government hasn't announced a date for the executions, or the number of people, but there are indications that the death sentences will be carried out within days.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.26.16, 13:00