Paris demands the “immediate return” of Serge Atlaoui, whose health is “deteriorating”

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French death row inmate Serge Atlaoui arrives for his judicial review at the Tangerang district court, in Banten province, in this archive photo dated April 1, 2015. BEAWIHARTA / REUTERS France highlighted the “deterioration of the state of health” of Serge Atlaoui, a Frenchman sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2007, to ask Jakarta for his “immediate return”, announced Wednesday 8 January the Indonesian Ministry of Legal Affairs and Human Rights. “Given the deterioration of the state of health of Serge Atlaoui, humanitarian consideration for his immediate return would be appreciated,” declared the number two of the French embassy in Indonesia, Laurent Legodec, quoted in a press release to the resulting from a meeting between representatives of the two countries. Paris officially requested the transfer of Mr. Atlaoui in a letter from the Minister of Justice dated December 19, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the Indonesian Minister of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, told Agence France-Presse at the end of December. The French government “respects Indonesia’s sovereignty in the administration of justice and will adapt the sentence in accordance with French law,” Mr. Legodec said in the press release. Read also | France officially requested Indonesia to repatriate Serge Atlaoui, sentenced to death for drug trafficking Read later A reprieve allowed him to avoid execution in 2015 Discussions will continue “in order to reach an agreement that satisfies both Indonesia and France,” the ministry added. “I mentioned the wish that the transfer take place in mid-January so that Serge’s health problems [Atlaoui] be taken into consideration,” said his French lawyer Richard Sédillot, contacted by Agence France-Presse. Serge Atlaoui, now aged 61, was arrested in 2005 in a factory where drugs had been discovered, in the suburbs of Jakarta, with the authorities accusing him of being a “chemist”. The artisan welder who arrived from Metz, in the north-east of France, father of four children, has always denied being a drug trafficker, claiming that he had only installed industrial machines in what he believed to be an acrylic factory. Initially sentenced to life in prison, he saw the Supreme Court increase the sentence, condemning him to death on appeal. Le Monde Mémorable Test your general knowledge with the editorial staff of “Le Monde” Test your general knowledge with the editorial staff of “Le Monde” Discover He was to be executed alongside eight other condemned prisoners in 2015, but was granted a reprieve after Paris intensified the pressure, with Indonesian authorities agreeing to let a pending appeal take its course. Reread our 2015 archive | Article reserved for our subscribers The appeal of Frenchman Serge Atlaoui rejected by Indonesian justice Read later Le Monde with AFP Reuse this content

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