PRESIDENTIAL PLEA
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2015, French drug trafficker and death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui (C) is escorted by armed Indonesian elite police commandos following a court hearing in Tangerang in a suburb of Jakarta where Atlaoui filed a judicial review against his death sentence. Relatives and diplomats rushed to an Indonesian prison island on April 24, ahead of the looming executions of nine foreign drug convicts who are set to be shot in defiance of international anger. AFP PHOTO
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2015, French drug trafficker and death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui (C) is escorted by armed Indonesian elite police commandos following a court hearing in Tangerang in a suburb of Jakarta where Atlaoui filed a judicial review against his death sentence. Relatives and diplomats rushed to an Indonesian prison island on April 24, ahead of the looming executions of nine foreign drug convicts who are set to be shot in defiance of international anger. AFP PHOTO
BAKU: French President Francois Hollande warned Saturday that Indonesia faced diplomatic “consequences” if it pushes ahead with the planned execution of Frenchman Serge Atlaoui over drug trafficking offenses.