Indonesia says to press ahead with executions, rules out Australian offer

Indonesia says to press ahead with executions, rules out Australian offer
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Summary Australia on Thursday proposed a prisoner swap with Indonesia in an 11th-hour bid .

Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesia s security minister said Thursday that Jakarta would press ahead with the execution of two Australian drug smugglers and other foreign convicts, ruling out an offer of a prisoner swap put forward by Canberra.

"In accordance with the president s order, the death penalty handed to the convicts will still be conducted," Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno told reporters in Jakarta.

 

 

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