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ATTORNEY GENERAL : NO DATE SET YET FOR AMROZI ET AL'S EXECUTION
Jakata, Aug 28 (ANTARA) - Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said no exact date had so far been set for the execution of Bali bombing death-row convicts Amrozi bin Nur Hasyim, Imam Samudara and Ali Gufron.
Speaking to newsmen before attending a cabinet plenary meeting at the presidential office here on Thursday, Spandji said the date for Amrozi et al's execution would be decided after the Ramadhan fasting month which starts on September 1.
"I received the dossiers on the execution on Wednesday but it cannot be carried out in the fasting month. Let's wait until after Ramadhan," he said, adding that it would certainly be carried out before the end of this year.
He dismissed allegations that the Bali bombers execution had been postponed, saying the Attorney General's Office had never announced that the trio's death sentence would be carried out before the Ramadhan fasting month.
"Earlier, I expected that the dossiers, not the execution, would be completed before the fasting month but media reports said it was the execution that should be carried out before Ramadhan," he said.
Asked about a request by the Muslim Defense Lawyers' Team (TPM) that the execution be conducted by lethal injection instead of firing squad, the attorney general said it would depend on existing law.
Speaking to newsmen before attending a cabinet plenary meeting at the presidential office here on Thursday, Spandji said the date for Amrozi et al's execution would be decided after the Ramadhan fasting month which starts on September 1.
"I received the dossiers on the execution on Wednesday but it cannot be carried out in the fasting month. Let's wait until after Ramadhan," he said, adding that it would certainly be carried out before the end of this year.
He dismissed allegations that the Bali bombers execution had been postponed, saying the Attorney General's Office had never announced that the trio's death sentence would be carried out before the Ramadhan fasting month.
"Earlier, I expected that the dossiers, not the execution, would be completed before the fasting month but media reports said it was the execution that should be carried out before Ramadhan," he said.
Asked about a request by the Muslim Defense Lawyers' Team (TPM) that the execution be conducted by lethal injection instead of firing squad, the attorney general said it would depend on existing law.
