MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United Nations (UN) should respect Indonesia's law and its sovereignty on carrying out death penalties, Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament Fadli Zon said on Friday.
On Wednesday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on Indonesia to promptly stop executions and reimpose a moratorium on death penalties.
"The death sentence is still imposed in Indonesia, therefore the (UN) should respect the law of Indonesia….It should not be too much of a polemic. We saw a long drama (the death penalty) last year, so it should not happen again," he said as quoted by local Antara News agency.
Earlier in the day, local media reported that four people accused of drug trafficking were executed in Indonesia, with the decision on the fate of another 10 still pending.
Indonesia resumed executions in 2013 after a four-year moratorium and since that time has killed 19 prisoners, according to Amnesty International watchdog.
