Brazil and the Netherlands have called back their Ambassador from Indonesia for the execution of 5 convicted drug convict Sunday in defiance to international plea foe leniency .
Those executed include 2 Nigerians, a Dutch Brazilian , Vietnamese and a Malawi citizen,the men were executed on just after midnight
According to PM News a spokesman for Brazilian President Dilma Roussef said she was “distressed and outraged” after Indonesia ignored her last-ditch pleas and put to death Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, who was convicted of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia in 2004.
The Brazilian ambassador to Jakarta was being recalled for consultations, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said the Netherlands had also recalled its ambassador over the execution of Dutchman Ang Kiem Soei, and described all six deaths as “terribly sad” in a statement.
“My heart goes out to their families, for whom this marks a dramatic end to years of uncertainty,” Koenders said. “The Netherlands remains opposed to the death penalty.”
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte had been in contact with the Indonesian president about the matter, he said, and the government had done “all in its power” to attempt to halt the execution.
However a spokesman for the office of Indonesia’s attorney general, Tony Spontana, insisted the executions were in line with Indonesian law.
“We carried this out in accordance with our laws,” he told AFP. “We have been given the authority to carry out the court’s verdict and it is wrong if we fail to do so.”
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