Jakarta, Feb. 3 -- The recent policy of President Prabowo Subianto's administration regarding returning foreign prisoners to their home countries has received significant public attention.

The initiative commenced with the transfer of Mary Jane Veloso, a death row convict from the Philippines involved in a drug smuggling case, followed by the repatriation of five convicts from the Bali Nine drug smuggling case back to Australia.

Most recently, the government also planned to repatriate Serge Areski Atlaoui, a French death row convict in the drug case, in early February of 2025.

This policy offered several benefits for Indonesia, including decreased state costs, enhanced international cooperation, and lessened burden on correctional inst...