Serge Atlaoui, 61, is due to be transferred to France on February 4.
The Frenchman was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2007 for drug trafficking.
He had been detained since his conviction and escaped execution in 2015.
It is a victory for his loved ones, after years of struggle. This Friday, January 24, France and Indonesia must sign an agreement relating to the transfer to Paris of Serge Atlaoui, sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2007 for drug trafficking, according to consistent sources.
The 61-year-old Frenchman, whose state of health has deteriorated, must be transferred to France on February 4, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Indonesian Minister in charge of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, told AFP.
Gérald Darmanin must sign the agreement
“The agreement must be signed early Friday afternoon in Jakarta by Mr. Yusril and Gérald Darmanin, French Minister of Justice, remotely from Paris, by videoconference,” a source close to the negotiations told AFP.
Once the agreement is signed, “It will take a few more days to sort out the final details”, added this source close to the negotiations. The fate of Mr. Atlaoui once he arrives on French soil could be clarified on Friday.
On December 19, France sent Indonesia an official request for the transfer of Mr. Atlaoui.
-Serge Atlaoui was to be executed in 2015
Serge Atlaoui was arrested in 2005 in a factory where drugs were discovered on the outskirts of Jakarta, and the authorities accused him of being a “chemist”. The artisan welder from Metz, 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 a drug factory. ‘acrylic.
The case caused a stir in Indonesia, where anti-drug laws are among the strictest in the world. Initially sentenced to life in prison, he saw the Supreme Court increase the sentence and sentence him to death on appeal.
He was due to be executed alongside eight other convicts in 2015, but was granted a reprieve after Paris stepped up pressure, with Indonesian authorities agreeing to let a pending appeal take its course.
Sick and transferred to Salemba prison in Jakarta, until recently he underwent treatment every week in a hospital in the capital.
