A Frenchman accused on death row in Indonesia has lost his final appeal. Serge Atlaoui, who was arrested at an ecstasy laboratory in 2005, faces the death sentence as part of Jakarta's crackdown on the drugs trade, reports RFI.
Indonesia's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Atlaoui's bid for a judicial review, his last chance to avoid death by firing squad.
The three judges found that there were not enough new elements to justify granting his appeal, one of them, Suhadi, said.
Atlaoui, a 51-year-old father of four, was arrested near Jakarta in 2005 in a secret laboratory producing ecstasy and was sentenced to death two years later - the only one of the nine arrested to receive the death sentence.
He said he was installing machinery and thought the factory produced acrylics.
France last week warned that his execution would have consequences for the two countries' bilateral relations.