INDONESIA: PROSECUTORS LAMENT DELAYS IN THE EXECUTIONS OF DRUG CONVICTS

Tangerang prosecutors criticised violations of the Indonesian Criminal Code Procedure (KUHAP) that delay executions for years. Irfan Jaya, chief of general crime section at the Tangerang Prosecutors Office, said "Article 263 of the KUHAP stipulates that the convicts on death row can only file one case review request, but in practice they can file more than once," he said.