Sentenced to death and imprisoned in Indonesia for 17 years, Serge Atlaoui will be transferred to France

It was 17 years old that he was in the death corridor. Serge Atlaoui, 61, imprisoned in Indonesia since 2007 for drug trafficking must be transferred on February 4 to France. The two countries must sign an agreement in this sense this Friday, January 24, 2025.

Appeal to death on appeal

Serge Atlaoui had been arrested in 2005 in a factory where drugs had been discovered, in the suburbs of Jakarta, and the authorities had it accused of being a “chemist”.

The artisan welder from Metz, in northeast France, father of four, has always defended himself from being a drug trafficker, saying that he had only established industrial machines in What he thought was an acrylic factory.

Initially sentenced to life prison, he had seen the Supreme Court weighs down the sentence and condemn it to capital punishment on appeal.

He was to be executed alongside eight other convicted in 2015, but obtained a reprieve After Paris intensified the pressure, the Indonesian authorities having agreed to let an unanswered call follow its course.

Sick And transferred to Salemba prison, in Jakarta, he recently followed a treatment in a hospital in the capital until recently.

An uncertain spell

The agreement will be signed on Friday at 8 am French time by Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Indonesian minister in charge of legal affairs and human rights and Gérald Darmanin, Keeper of the Seals.

Once the agreement is signed, “it will take a few more days to settle the last details,” added this source close to the negotiations. The fate of Serge Atlaoui once he has arrived on French soil could be specified on Friday.

With AFP

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