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| President Joko Widodo |
Jakarta. The Attorney General’s Office said on Thursday that another convict on death row will soon be executed, bringing the total number of prisoners scheduled to face the firing squad to six.
The AGO previously announced it would execute five convicts before year’s end, most of whom were convicted of drug trafficking.
“There is one addition to the list of 2014 executions, but the number might increase or decline,” AGO spokesman Tony Spontana said.
“The latest information from the National Police stated that the convict must not be denied their last extraordinary legal action.”
Tony said previously that the condemned men were inmates at Nusa Kambangan, an island prison located just off the port town of Cilacap on the southern coast of Java.
There are 136 inmates currently on death row, according to AGO data, with 64 of them sentenced for drug trafficking, two for terrorism and the rest for murder or aggravated robbery.
Joko Widodo disappointed many campaigning against the death penalty earlier in December when he said he would not offer clemency to convicted drug traffickers.
“In international forums on human rights issues, the world frequently asked why Indonesia is still imposing death penalty, this is humiliating our nation,” said Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial) executive director Poengki Indarti.
It was not clear on Thursday whether the six men had been made aware of their fate. Indonesian law requires only that an inmate is told of their execution 72 hours before they are shot.
