Indonesian authorities have executed Dutch national Ang Kim Soei Sunday (January 17) after the midnight in the Nusakambangan Island, Central Java.
Her body has reportedly transported to Semarang, the capital city of Central Java for cremation.
Ang Kim Soei was arrested by Jakarta Police on April 8, 2002 for operating an ecstasy pill plant producing 150,000 pills per day. The court denied his appeals to escape the death-row, while President Joko Widodo declined the request of clemency last month.
The Netherland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders immediately issued a statement to condemn the decision.
‘The death sentence imposed on Mr Ang has been a recurring talking point between Dutch representatives and their Indonesian colleagues in recent years,” the Minister said.
‘The government has used all possible means – legal, diplomatic and political, at bilateral and European level – to persuade the Indonesian authorities to cancel the execution. Every effort has been made, up to the very highest level, to prevent the execution. His Majesty the King has been in contact with President Widodo. There has also been close contact at political level. Prime Minister Mark Rutte has written to President Widodo and I have repeatedly spoken to my Indonesian counterpart.”
“It is tragic and deeply disappointing that these efforts have been in vain. In response I have temporarily recalled the Dutch ambassador in Indonesia to the Netherlands for consultations and I have summoned Indonesia’s Chargé d’affaires ad interim in the Netherlands to the Ministry for an explanation,” Koenders added.