Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-30
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A court in Indonesia sentenced four Taiwanese to death after they were found in possession of 26 kilograms of drugs, reports said Tuesday.

While appeals were still possible, the experience with the Indonesian justice system showed that a reversal was unlikely, while the Southeast Asian country also has no qualms about executing foreign citizens, reports said.

The four suspects were reportedly holding methamphetamines, with a court in the Indonesian capital Jakarta handing out the sentences last week, according to media reports.

The four men ranged in age from 21 to 40 and had been arrested with another man last November.     [FULL  STORY]