On August 25, the Director General of Correctional...

On August 25, the Director General of Correctional Institutions, Hasanuddin, said 16 convicts, including 3 women and 6 foreigners, were scheduled for execution in the near future after being convicted for premeditated murder or the production and trafficking of drugs. The convicts awaiting the death penalty were Bahar bin Matar, Suryadi Swabuana, A. P. Djais, Sugeng, Astini, Sumiasih, Gerson Pandi, Fedrick Saru, Dauce Saru, Tugiman, Koh Kim Chea, Kam Jai Khong, Ayodya Prasad, Saelon Prasad, Thom Tuck Yen, alias Acai, and Namsong Sirilok. The convicts are serving sentences at 9 penitentiaries throughout Indonesia. The last five convicts, all foreigners, were sentenced to death for the production and trafficking of drugs, and Koh Kim Chea for premeditated murder. Koh is in custody at Cipinang penitentiary in East Jakarta.
Hasanuddin said the execution of the convicts would depend on the President's reply to their request for clemency. Ayodya Prasad Chauboy of India, Saelon Prasad and Namsong Sirilok from Thailand, and Thom Tuck Yen from Malaysia had made formal requests for clemency to the President. "The President's reply will usually give a deadline for the execution. The Prosecutor's Office will order a team under the Elite Police Mobile Brigade to conduct the execution," Hasanuddin explained. He personally disagreed with the death sentence, however, saying that it was against human rights principles. "The death penalty is also against the principle of the correctional institution, which aims to rehabilitate the convicts and bring them back to the community," he said.