Bali drug trial of three Brits facing death penalty begins ...Middle East

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Indonesia hands out severe punishments for drug smuggling and has previously executed foreigners, but has upheld a moratorium on the death sentence since 2017.

They appeared in court alongside Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, who was allegedly due to receive the packages and arrested a few days later.

An AFP journalist at the court said the hearing began Tuesday. A verdict was not expected until a later date.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has moved in recent months to repatriate several high-profile inmates, all sentenced for drug offences, back to their home countries.

In December, Indonesia took Mary Jane Veloso off death row and returned her to the Philippines.

According to Indonesia’s Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, 96 foreigners were on death row, all on drug charges, before Veloso’s release.

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