REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, AMBON -- Attorney General HM Prasetyo said execution of death row drug convicts is expected after the Idul Fitri day celebration July 6-7 this year.

"The process of the third death execution would likely after Idul Fitri," Prasetyo said here on Monday.

The government of President Jokjo Widodo (Jokowi) already carried out execution of 14 drug death convicts in January and April last year.

The attorney general, who is a on a working visit to Ambon and to honor an invitation from the University of Pattimura Ambon, however, refused to confirm mass media report about the names of the convicts.

Reports earlier said the convicts include Ozias Sibanda and Fredderikk Luttar from Zimbabwe), Obina Nwajagu and Humprey Ejike from Nigeria (Nigeria), Seck Osmane from South Africa, Zhu Xu Xhiong, Cheng Hong Xin, Gang Chung Yi, Jian Yu Xin from China, A Yam (Indonesia), Jun Hao alias A Heng alias Vass Liem, Freddy Budiman, Suryanto, Agus Hadi,and Pujo Lestari from Indonesia, Zulfikar Ali from Pakistan.

The first and second execution of drug death convicts were held on the Nusakambangan island off the Cilacap city in southern coast of Central Java.

Despite the intensive report and comments, there was no extraordinary activities at the Wijayapura harbor, the special ferry terminal linking Cilacap and Nusakambangan, a report said.

It is not like the days before the executions last year during in which security was tight.

When asked for confirmation of the reports of execution, Central Java police chief Insp.Gen, Condro Kirono said there has been no order from Jakarta.

He only said the Central Java police would be ready to carry out order for execution from Jakarta.

Earlier this month a Civil Coalition Against Death Sentence expressed their protest with the president against the plan for another wave of execution of death convicts.

The Coalition groups a number of non governmental organizations including Imparsial, Kontras, YLBHI, Elsam, HRWG, LBH Pers, LBH Masyarakat, and PBHI.

Imparsial Director Al Araf said that the government should stop death execution and take more effective step to change death sentence with life sentence.

He said amid "rotten" justice system there is possibility of a mistake in court decision.

"There is no way of correcting execution already carried out," he said.

He said death sentence has not proved effective in deterring crimes.

"After the first and second waves of execution of drug convicts last year there was no letting up in drug case, on the contrary there is a rising trend," he said.

The government, therefore, should evaluate its policy that death execution is not the answer to reduce criminality, he added.

Al Araf said in a more civilized democracy law punishment is a social correction not a revenge.

Jokowi, however, despite condemnation from a number of countries , has repeatedly said he would not give clemency to drug convicts , who he blamed for the death of 50 Indonesians every day on drug related causes.

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