Indonesia to Repatriate French Death Row Inmate Serge Atlaoui

After nearly two decades in Indonesian custody, Atlaoui is set to return to France in early February under a bilateral agreement.

Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old Frenchman sentenced to death in Indonesia for alleged drug offenses, will be repatriated to France following a bilateral agreement signed on Friday.
Atlaoui, who has maintained his innocence, was arrested in 2005 for working at what Indonesian authorities claimed was an ecstasy factory, though he believed it to be an acrylics plant.
The agreement was finalized via videoconference between Indonesia's law and human rights minister and France's justice minister, with Atlaoui expected to return to France on February 5 or 6.
Atlaoui's fate in France remains uncertain; under French law, the maximum penalty for a similar offense is 30 years in prison.
Indonesia, known for its strict drug laws, has recently repatriated several high-profile foreign inmates, including members of the Bali Nine and a Filipina woman on death row.