Execution of Ghanaian on death row in Indonesia imminent

A Ghanaian on death row in Indonesia is due to be executed in days, officials have served notice.

Martin Anderson lost his appeal on Wednesday at the Supreme Court and could be executed alongside nine other foreign drug convicts.

Some diplomats have confirmed to the BBC that they had been told to go to the island prison of Nusakambangan on Saturday, a request which could suggest the executions are imminent.

An execution date has not been set - convicts must be given 72-hour notice.

The prisoners facing execution include people from Brazil, France, Nigeria and two Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. The 10th death row prisoner, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso from the Philippines, was being transferred to Nusakambangan prison on Friday.

“We have been told to be there on Saturday,” an unnamed diplomat told Reuters news agency. “We still don't know when the actual date of execution will happen but we expect that it will be in days.”

Anderson was sentenced to death by a Jakarta court in June 2004 for possessing 50 grams of heroin.

Source: Starrfmonline.com

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