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FIFTY-TWO INMATES OF NUSAKAMBANGAN JAILS AWAITING EXECUTION
Semarang, C Java, Sept 1 (ANTARA) - A total of 52 inmates of prisons on Nusakambangan island, off the Cilacap coast, are death row convicts some of whom have been waiting to be executed for more than a decade, a provincial prison affairs official said.
All the condemned prisoners were until now uncertain about the dates of their execution, Bambang Winahyu, head of prison affairs at the Central Java law and human rights office, said here Monday.
"There is a death-row convict who has spent such a long time in prison that he is now 67 years old," he said.
The inmate Winahyu referred to was Bahar bin Matar who was jailed in 1971 for murder.
He said he did know why Bahar's death sentence had not been carried out for 37 years.
As far as he knew, Winahyu said, executions were carried out according to a priority scale whereby convicts who behaved badly, often tried to escape, bribed guards, was uncooperative and a dangereous person to deal with, were more quickly put to death.
An example of a death-row convict with a bad behavior record was Rio Alex Bullo who had killed a fellow prisoner. He was executed last Agustus, 2008.
Conversely, the 67-year-old Bahar who had been waiting to be executed for 37 years had always behaved well and thus aroused the sympathy of many quarters.
Winahyu said a group of House of Representatives (DPR) members visited Nusakambangan in 2007 and after learning about Bahar's fate planned to do something to have his death sentence commuted.
However, no follow-up on the parliament members' intention was heard of ever since because there was as yet no law allowing death-row convicts who had waited for more than 20 years and a good record of conduct to have his or her sentence commuted.
"The possibility of commuting a death sentence to life is mentioned in a bill to amend the Criminal Law but the bill has yet to be deliberated by the House," he said.
Among other prisoners sentenced to death who had waited more than a decade was Swabuana alias Adi Kumis alias Dodi bin Sukarno who had been in jail since July 5, 1991 and whose death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court in August, 1992.
Another one was Malaysian national Thum Tuck Al Atjay, a drug effender, who was detained in May 1994 and whose death sentence was endorsed by the Supreme Court in September 1995.
There were also 13 prisoners who had been on death-row for 5 to 10 years. They include the three Bali I bombers Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, and 36 others for 0-5 years, Winahyu said.
All the condemned prisoners were until now uncertain about the dates of their execution, Bambang Winahyu, head of prison affairs at the Central Java law and human rights office, said here Monday.
"There is a death-row convict who has spent such a long time in prison that he is now 67 years old," he said.
The inmate Winahyu referred to was Bahar bin Matar who was jailed in 1971 for murder.
He said he did know why Bahar's death sentence had not been carried out for 37 years.
As far as he knew, Winahyu said, executions were carried out according to a priority scale whereby convicts who behaved badly, often tried to escape, bribed guards, was uncooperative and a dangereous person to deal with, were more quickly put to death.
An example of a death-row convict with a bad behavior record was Rio Alex Bullo who had killed a fellow prisoner. He was executed last Agustus, 2008.
Conversely, the 67-year-old Bahar who had been waiting to be executed for 37 years had always behaved well and thus aroused the sympathy of many quarters.
Winahyu said a group of House of Representatives (DPR) members visited Nusakambangan in 2007 and after learning about Bahar's fate planned to do something to have his death sentence commuted.
However, no follow-up on the parliament members' intention was heard of ever since because there was as yet no law allowing death-row convicts who had waited for more than 20 years and a good record of conduct to have his or her sentence commuted.
"The possibility of commuting a death sentence to life is mentioned in a bill to amend the Criminal Law but the bill has yet to be deliberated by the House," he said.
Among other prisoners sentenced to death who had waited more than a decade was Swabuana alias Adi Kumis alias Dodi bin Sukarno who had been in jail since July 5, 1991 and whose death sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court in August, 1992.
Another one was Malaysian national Thum Tuck Al Atjay, a drug effender, who was detained in May 1994 and whose death sentence was endorsed by the Supreme Court in September 1995.
There were also 13 prisoners who had been on death-row for 5 to 10 years. They include the three Bali I bombers Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, and 36 others for 0-5 years, Winahyu said.
