Indonesia plans to execute this year at least two foreign convicts, one from Nigeria and another from Zimbabwe, the attorney general said on Wednesday.
President Joko Widodo has pledged to increase the number of executions this year and next as part of his crackdown on drugs.
Asked if there were any foreigners on the list of convicts to be executed, Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo told reporters:
“We have foreigners, among them from Nigeria and Zimbabwe.”
He did not elaborate on the crimes of which they were convicted.Prasetyo added that no convicts from the United States, Europe or Australia were on the list to be executed this year.
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