Confirmed: 8 Drug Convicts Executed In Indonesia

 

Eight drug convicts were executed by an Indonesian firing squad this evening, but a Filipina who was on death row with the Australians, Nigerians (4), a Brazilian and an Indonesian was unexpectedly not among them.

They were shot dead by firing squads comprising 12 police privates shortly after midnight (6pm BST).

The execution of the Filipina was delayed at the last minute after one of her recruiters surrendered to police in the Philippines, the attorney general's spokesman said.

"The execution of Mary Jane (Veloso) has been postponed because there was a request from the Philippine president related to a perpetrator suspected of human trafficking who surrendered herself in the Philippines," said Tony Spontana, spokesman for the attorney general.             

 

The Indonesia government went ahead with the execution despite cries and condemnation from people, civil societies and countries.