Indonesia repatriates two British nationals involved in drug cases
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Two British nationals who were in Indonesia on drug offenses, including one on death row, flew back to London on Friday (November 7) after Jakarta and London reached a deal to repatriate them on humanitarian grounds.
Breakdown
- Two British nationals, including one on death row, were repatriated to the U.K. after a deal between Jakarta and London.
- Lindsay Sanderford was sentenced to death in 2013 for smuggling nearly five kilograms of cocaine into Bali. 16s
- Shahab Shahabadi had been serving a life sentence for drug offenses since 2015. 33s
- Indonesian officials cited health complications as the reason for the transfer. 39s
- The repatriation agreement is reciprocal, but Indonesia has not yet requested the return of its nationals from Britain. 1m 0s