Some 44,000 prisoners might get an amnesty on humanitarian grounds and to help relieve Indonesia’s overcrowded jails. - Photo: AFP
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto will pardon tens of thousands of prisoners ranging from activists convicted of defamation to those jailed in the easternmost province of Papua for criticising the government, a minister said on Friday (Dec 13).
Law minister Supratman Andi Agtas said some 44,000 prisoners nationwide might get an amnesty on humanitarian grounds and to help relieve the country’s overcrowded jails.
