Jakarta - Indonesian authorities have ordered preparations for the execution of 10 death-row inmates, including up to nine foreigners convicted of drug trafficking, an official said on Friday.
A letter, issued on Thursday by a deputy attorney general, told prosecutors to “prepare for and carry out the executions,” said Tony Spontana, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office.
“It’s not a letter of notification to the convicts,” he said.
Convicts are typically notified of their executions three days in advance.
Spontana said no date for the executions has been set.
He said last week that the executions might be carried out late this month.
The Australian government has repeatedly asked for clemency on behalf of two Australians - Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - who are among the inmates awaiting execution.
DPA