Indonesia repatriates two British nationals involved in drug cases

Bangkok Post Group

Two British nationals who were in Indonesia on drug offenses, including one on death row, flew back to London on Friday (November 7) after Jakarta and London reached a deal to repatriate them on humanitarian grounds. - REUTERS

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00:01Two British nationals, including one on death row, flew back to the UK early on Friday

00:07after Jakarta and London reached a deal to repatriate them on humanitarian grounds.

00:13Both had been detained on drug offences.

00:16Sixty-nine-year-old Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death in 2013

00:21after she was found with nearly five kilograms of cocaine hidden in the lining of her suitcase

00:26when she arrived in Bali from Bangkok.

00:29The drugs were estimated to be worth more than $2 million.

00:33Thirty-five-year-old Shahab Shahabadi had been detained since 2015 and was serving a life sentence.

00:39At a press conference hours before the repatriation flight departed,

00:43Indonesian officials said the two were to be transferred due to health complications.

00:48Britain's Deputy Ambassador Matthew Downing said Sandiford would be

00:52quote, governed by the law and procedures of the UK,

00:55but said he would not speculate about any legal process she might face.

00:59Downing said the agreement with Jakarta is reciprocal

01:03and that the Southeast Asian country can request the return of Indonesians in Britain,

01:07though no request has been made so far.

01:10In the past year, Indonesia has released some other foreigners on death row,

01:14including five Australians, a French man and a Filipino woman.

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