[1][2][3] Though the death penalty existed as a punishment from the inception of the Republic of Indonesia, the first judicial execution did not take place until 1973.
Oesin Bestari, a goat butcher from Mojokerto, was the first criminal condemned to death in post-independence Indonesia.
He was also pinioned using coarse palm fibre ropes, but not tied to the pillar to ensure that his body dropped to the kelor leaves the bed.
[6][9] The Indonesian government does not issue detailed statistics about every person facing the death penalty in the country.
In fact, "the search for precise figures is hampered by prevailing state secrecy over the death penalty.
President Joko Widodo has since stated that he is now open to reintroducing an official moratorium on the death penalty.
One condemned prisoner, even experienced "horrific facial changes, bulged eyes, extremely protruding tongue, and blood discharge from body orifices" during this kind of hanging as recorded by him.
1/1946 (Regulations of Criminal Laws), with many changes of irrelevant aspects of the former Dutch East Indies to Indonesia.
The hanging later replaced after Indonesia fell into Japanese Occupation Forces during World War II.
1/1942 (Punishments in Accordance with the Law of the Armies) on 2 March 1942, which mandated that executions throughout Indonesia be performed by means of shooting.
The last known recorded hangings was applied to the Komando Jihad ringleaders, Imran bin Muhammad Zein, Salman Hafidz, and Maman Kusmayadi for their involvements in Cicendo incident [id] and subsequent Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 Hijacking, firsts of jihadism-motivated terrorism acts in Indonesia.
With this law, Imran was executed in late 1983, Salman in early February 1985, and finally Maman on 12 September 1986.
[17][18][19][20] The Law No.11/PNPS/1963 was notable as one of harshest laws ever made in Indonesia, as it ignored Lex posteriori derogat legi priori and Lex specialis derogat legi generali doctrines to any subversive activities and any activities deemed to be threatening the ruling government (written explicitly in Article No.
Prisoners are woken up in the middle of the night and taken to a remote (and undisclosed) location before sunrise and executed by firing squad.
[22][23] The prisoner states their final request which the prosecutor may grant when deemed feasible and do not obstruct the execution process.
[22] The firing squad is composed of twelve soldiers, who shoot at the prisoner from long range of five to ten meters, aiming at the heart.
[24] The new 2023 Indonesian Criminal Code opened possible changes from execution to imprisonment thus sparing the prisoner.
[26] In addition, if the capital punishment is not carried after ten years after the clemency proposal from the criminal denied by the president, his/her sentence can be commuted to a term of imprisonment for life.
1/2023 listed several criminal offenses which can be punishable by death: The meaning of treasonous act in KUHP 2023 Art.
Indonesia Military Criminal Code (Indonesian: Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana Militer) is Staatsblad 1934 No.
These foreign inmates come from 18 different countries: Australia, Brazil, Mainland China, France, Ghana, India, Iran, Malawi, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.