(18 Jan 2015) VOICE OVER:
SIX CONVICTED DRUG SMUGGLERS INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY A FIRING SQUAD IN INDONESIA.
FOUR MEN FROM BRAZIL, MALAWI, NIGERIA AND THE NETHERLANDS WERE SHOT TO DEATH SIMULTANESOULY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY.
TWO WOMEN WERE ALSO EXECUTED FOR THEIR SMUGGLING-RELATED CRIMES.
RELATIVES OF THOSE SENTENCED TO DEATH WERE SEEN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT BOARDING A BOAT, TAKING THEM TO THE ISLAND WHERE THE EXECUTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT.
CLEMENCY REQUESTS FROM FAMILIES AND EMBASSY REPRESENTATVIES TO THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT WERE REJECTED IN DECEMBER.
(NATS OF MUHAMMAD PRASETYO, INDONESIA ATTORNEY GENERAL)
BUT INDONESIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL AFFIRMS THAT DRUG CRIMES MUST BE FACED IN A SERIOUS WAY, AND INDONESIA MUST BE PROECTED FROM THE DANGERS OF DRUGS.
INDONESIA HAS BECOME THE LARGEST DRUG MARKET IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH 45 PERCENT OF THE AREAS DRUGS IN CIRCULATION.
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