Twelve Years of Waiting
After an agonizing wait, two 34-year-olds were executed by firing squad recently. But why did they have to languish 12 long years in jail?
May 28, 2001
Since Indonesia's independence, Gerson Pandie and Frederik Soru are the latest in a series of convicts condemned to death for premeditated murder. Previous executions included such notorious criminals as Kusni Kasdut, Hengky Tupanwael and Oesin Baffari. Gerson and Frederik faced the firing squad in the Oetum forest in Numbes village near the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial capital of Kupang in the early hours of Saturday two weeks ago.
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