French death row convict`s family apologizes to Indonesia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The wife of a French drug convict on death row in Indonesia, Sabine Atlaoui, has apologized to the Indonesian government and people for her husband Serge Atlaouis offences.



"I apologize to the government and people of Indonesia for my husbands actions," Sabine Atlaoui said here on Thursday.



When asked about her husbands death penalty, Sabine, a mother of four, said she respected Indonesias legal process. However, she added that a judicial review can be the only legal way out.



"Hopefully, this (judicial review) can work well and will be accepted by the court. I wish my husband could be free from the death penalty," Sabine remarked.



Since her husbands detention, Sabine has been doing various jobs, from a waitress in restaurants to a janitor in hotels.



"I must work to meet the needs of my family," she noted.



Meanwhile, Sabine acknowledged she has not met with her husband in a while and said she will soon go to Nusakambangan prison island where her husband has been kept.



Serge Atlaoui was sentenced to death in 2007 for drug offences. He was arrested from an ecstasy factory located in Cikande, Serang, Banten, near Jakarta, in 2005.



His name is on the list of prisoners to be executed by the Attorney General. President Joko Widodo through Presidential Decree No. 35/G 2014 had rejected his clemency plea recently.



Earlier, on Wednesday, Attorney General HM Prasetyo said here that preparations for executing ten prisoners on death row were 90 percent complete and there will be no cancellation of executions.



"We have finished ninety percent of our preparations. What is left is just coordinating with related parties, transporting the inmates from their prisons to Nusakambangan Penitentiary, and preparing a firing squad," he had noted.



Speaking at the State Palace here, Prasetyo had emphasized that the executions would be carried out without delay as the government had finalized its decision on the matter.



"This is about the states authority and consistency in law enforcement," he had stated, adding that six of the 10 prisoners had already been moved to Nusakambangan Penitentiary, while the transfer of the remaining four were in process.



Asked about the fate of a convicted Brazilian drug smuggler, Rodrigo Gularte, who had been reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia, he had said he would seek authorized experts opinion on the prisoners mental state.



Besides Rodrigo Gularte, the other prisoners who will be executed in the near future include Syofial, alias Iyen bin Azwar, (Indonesia); Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (the Philippines); Myuran Sukumaran, alias Mark, (Australia); Harun bin Ajis (Indonesia); Sargawi, alias Ali bin Sanusi, (Indonesia); and Andrew Chan (Australia).



Indonesia recently executed six drug convicts as part of its serious efforts to combat drug trafficking in the country.



The six convicts were Namaona Denis of Malawi, Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira of Brazil, Daniel Enemuo, alias Diarrassouba Mamadou, of Nigeria, Ang Kiem Soei, alias Kim Ho, alias Ance Tahir, of the Netherlands, Rani Andriani, alias Melisa Aprilia, of Indonesia, and Tran Thi Bich Hanh of Vietnam.(*)