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January 28, 2025 | 08:58 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - As many as 157 Indonesian nationals are facing the death penalty abroad, said director of citizen protection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Judha Nugraha, according to the latest figures as of January 2025.
"The majority are in Malaysia due to drug trafficking cases," said Judha when contacted on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
Besides Malaysia, he said, the Indonesian death row convicts are also in Saudi Arabia. Some of the inmates abroad face death sentences as a result of murder-related charges.
The ministry said it is providing legal assistance to ensure the citizens’ rights are fulfilled. It is also offering diplomatic protection for criminal cases that have been finalized.
Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the government will be negotiating repatriation of Indonesian death row convicts in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, after completing the process of transferring death row inmates to their home countries.
Yusril said the government also needs to complete the regulation on the transfer of prisoners and exchange of prisoners and negotiate with other countries about the policy of transferring prisoners.
After, the Indonesian government will start processing the Indonesian death row inmates abroad, especially those held in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. "There are quite a lot of Indonesian citizens facing the death penalty there, but have yet to be executed,” he said.
On the death row inmates transfer mechanism, Yusril said the government must also discuss the matter with the inmates’ families.
Yusril affirmed that the state is required to protect its citizens regardless of “whatever the mistakes be, or whatever their ideologies are.”
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