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Foreigners Arrested in Bali Could Face Execution Under Strict Drug Laws

A moratorium on executions since 2017 has not prevented officials from charging foreign nationals with offenses punishable by death

Australian national identified only as P.R., center, and an Indian national identified as H.V., left, who were arrested for drug possession, react as a National Narcotics Agency officer shows evidence confiscated from them, during a press conference in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Australian national identified as P.R., second left, and an Indian national identified as H.V., left, who were arrested for drug possession, react during a National Narcotics Agency press conference in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Australian national identified only as P.R., front right, who is handcuffed together with an Indian national identified as H.V., reacts as they are presented to the media with other drug suspects following their arrests, during a National Narcotics Agency press conference in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
An American man and two Kazakh nationals face the death penalty for alleged drug crimes on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, authorities say

Overview

  • Indonesian authorities confirmed this week that five foreign nationals—an American, two Kazakh men, an Australian, and an Indian—have been arrested in Bali on separate drug charges carrying possible death sentences.
  • U.S. citizen William Wallace Molyneaux was detained May 23 after customs officers found seven packages containing 99 amphetamine pills at a local post office.
  • Two Kazakh nationals arrested in April face execution charges for allegedly transacting about 49 grams of crystal meth in planned drug deals.
  • Airport officials arrested an Indian national on May 29 for carrying suspected narcotics, which led to a house search that netted Australian visitor Puridas Robinson with 20 grams of hashish and additional marijuana evidence.
  • More than 90 foreigners remain on death row for drug offenses under Indonesia’s stringent laws and have prompted diplomatic objections despite the execution moratorium.