Summary Serge Atlaoui was arrested near Jakarta in 2005 in a secret laboratory producing ecstasy
PARIS (AFP) - France summoned the Indonesian ambassador on Tuesday to voice its "extreme concern" over a French citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in Indonesia.
"The minister expressed France s firm opposition to the death penalty in all locations and all circumstances," the office of Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement after he met with ambassador SE Hotmangadjara Pandjaitan.
Serge Atlaoui, a father of four, was arrested near Jakarta in 2005 in a secret laboratory producing ecstasy. He was sentenced to death in 2007.
"In line with the partnership that unites our two countries, (the minister) underlined France s special vigilance with respect to the rights of our compatriot," the statement added.
According to local media reports, Atlaoui, one of seven foreigners on Indonesia s death row, could soon face execution.
His lawyer in Indonesia filed a request this month for a review of the trial, a last-ditch attempt to save his client s life.
