HAVING received notice that his request for pardon was rejected by President Megawati Sukarnoputri in February 2003, Jurit bin Abdullah requested a Supreme Court decree and also filed a request for judicial review with the Supreme Court (MA).

Bin Abdullah has already received two permanent court verdicts. In 1997, the Sekayu District Court of South Sumatra held bin Abdullah guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. In the same year, the Pale