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Deputy British Ambassador to Indonesia Matthew Downing said that
prisoner
Lindsay June Sandiford (68), who was sentenced to death in Indonesia, will undergo the appropriate legal procedures in her country.He reminded that England did not implement the death penalty.
“Following their return to England, these two British citizens will be under the laws and procedures of the British government,” said Downing during a press conference at the Kerobokan Class IIA prison, in Badung Regency, Bali, on Thursday (6/11) evening.
He also said that his party would not speculate regarding what sentence would be given to Lindsay and Shahab Shahabadi (35), convicts with life sentences in Indonesia.Both have been officially handed over by the Indonesian government to England.
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“And it’s very important for me not to speculate about this legal process,” he added.
Downing said that when they arrived in England the first step they would take was to check the health condition of the two prisoners.
“However, the first step that will be taken when they arrive in England is that their health condition will be thoroughly checked, treated and rehabilitated,” he said.
He also stated that the British government did not implement the death law.
“No, England does not recognize the death penalty,” he said.
I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram, Deputy for Immigration and Corrections at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Rights, Imipas, explained that the status of the two prisoners would be determined by the British government.
“Once in England, the person concerned will also follow the rules that will be implemented by the British government. When they arrive in England, the person concerned will definitely be put into prison, if in our language,” he said.
He gave an example such as the repatriation of drug smuggling case Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines by the Indonesian government and she is still being detained in her country.
“So for Lindsay and Shahab, after we hand it over to England, we are fully responsible for what legal decisions will be given there, but we will still pay attention to our legal decisions, what we give in Indonesia will still be taken into account by the British government,” he said.
The repatriation process for Lindsay and Shahab was carried out at the Class IIA Kerobokan Prison on Thursday evening.Both were presented during the signing process of the handover minutes.
Lindsay was seen covering her face with both hands and wearing a white mask during the press conference.
Meanwhile, Shahab is seen sitting wearing a blue mask.
After signing the handover minutes, the two of them then left Kerobokan Prison.Lindsay was seen leaving in a wheelchair and being carried by prison officers.
Mataram said that the transfer of the two British citizen prisoners had been agreed upon by the Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, and the British Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvette Cooper.
“And we have reached a practical arrangement or practical regulations which are the basis for implementing this prisoner transfer. Through this agreement, the Indonesian government has facilitated the transfer of two British citizen prisoners,” said Mataram.
He explained that Lindsay was a convict in a narcotics case who received the death penalty and had been detained since August 29 2013 at the Kerobokan Class IIA Women’s Prison.
“The person concerned has diabetes and high hypertension, which is one of the considerations in the transfer process,” he added.
Shahab is a narcotics convict who was sentenced to life imprisonment and began serving his detention on June 1 2015 at Nusakambangan Prison.
“The person concerned suffers from a personality disorder. Therefore, that is one consideration,” he said.
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