French drug smuggler’s death sentence in Indonesia ‘commuted to 19 years’ (BBC)

A Frenchman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia has had his sentence commuted to 19 years in jail, his lawyer and media have said.

Félix Dorfin, 35, had been convicted of trafficking about 3kg (6.6lb) of various drugs into the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok.

The Mataram high court ruling overturns the death penalty imposed by a lower court less than three months ago.

Indonesia has some of the world’s strictest drug laws. Read more

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