Apr 27, 7:00 PM
France and Australia have issued strong condemnation since Indonesia yesterday signaled it was determined to push ahead with the execution of eight foreign drug convicts. Two of the condemned persons are Australian while one is French .
Earlier, Australia called on Indonesia to delay executing two convicted drug traffickers until corruption claims were investigated. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were convicted in 2006.
The two, with six more foreigners and one Indonesian, have been formally told of their execution. A French trafficker is still appealing his conviction.
Under Indonesian law, convicts must be given 72 hours’ notice of execution. This means the executions by the firing squad could be carried out as early as tomorrow.