French drug suspect faces death penalty in Indonesia vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
A French man faces execution under Indonesia’s strict drug laws after he was caught using a false-bottomed suitcase to smuggle narcotics into the Southeast Asian nation, an official said Monday.
The 35-year-old from Benthune in northern France was arrested after arriving at Lombok island’s airport from Singapore in September. The Frenchman escaped from jail in late January by sawing through bars on the second-floor window of the prison and rappelling to freedom with a sarong.Police said Dorfin tried to bribe officers to let him go.
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