Indonesia says will not delay execution of Filipina convict


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Apr 2015

A supporter of Australian convicted drug trafficker Myuran Sukumaran holds a picture of him at a vigil in Sydney, Australia, April 28, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The execution of a Filipina drug convict by an Indonesian firing squad will not be delayed despite last-minute appeals by the Philippine government, the attorney general said on Tuesday.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier met with a migrant workers' group to discuss the case of Mary Jane Veloso, who is one of nine people set to be executed within hours.

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