Preparation For Execution Of Death Row Convicts Ordered

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The attorney general office has ordered for the preparation of execution of 11 death row convicts.

The order was issued on Thursday for the  the prosecutors in charge of the execution , chief spokesman of the attorney general office Tony Tribagus Spontana said here on Friday.

The order came after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Mary Jane  Fiesta Veloso  for a review of her case last month.

Mary Jane from the Philippines was already moved from the Sleam prison  in Yogyakarta to the island of Nusakambangan off southern Central Java, where the country already executed a number of death row convicts earlier.

Mary Jane arrived on the island early in the morning of Friday. Mary Jane, arrested by the Yogyakarta's  Adisucipto port authorities, carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroine  in 2010. She was later sentenced to death by the Slem district court.

Tony refused to confirm that the order for preparation and the moving of Mary Jane to Nusakambangan indicated that the time for execution is imminent . "It is not an order for execution and it not a notification for the convicts," Tony said.

Altogether 10 death row convicts mostly on drug smuggling and trafficking are facing execution after their appeal for lenience were turned down by President Joko Widodo.

 The president has said he would reject all appeals for leniency from drug convicts he blamed for the death of around 50 drug users in Indonesian every day. Indonesia has received strong protests from a number of countries against the execution. (WDY)