Cilacap, Indonesia—More drug convicts could imminently face the firing squad in Indonesia, after authorities said Monday they were ready to carry out a new round of executions after a hiatus.
However, the Filipina, Mary Jane Veloso, who was pulled from the last round of executions, will not be included in the upcoming round as a legal process related to her case is ongoing in the Philippines, said the Indonesian attorney-general’s spokesman Mohammad Rum.
A Pakistani death row convict was sent Monday to Nusakambangan prison island, where Jakarta conducts executions, and an Indonesian woman sentenced to death for narcotics offences was transferred to the island over the weekend.
The Pakistani embassy in Jakarta was notified by the Indonesian foreign ministry Friday that the Pakistani man, Zulfiqar Ali, would be executed in the near future, Pakistani deputy ambassador Syed Zahid Raza said.
Such notifications are typically sent out to foreign embassies in the days before inmates are put to death. It was not immediately clear whether more had been issued.