Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old Frenchman, spent 16 years on death row in Indonesia over drug offences before being returned to France. Initially sentenced to life, his penalty was later changed to death after an appeal. Following international pressure, his sentence was reviewed, and he was eventually flown back to France. His sentence was adapted to 30 years imprisonment by French courts. On July 18, he received conditional release, subject to follow-up obligations, marking a significant moment after a prolonged legal battle.
Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old welder from Metz, was flown back to France in February after being on death row in Indonesia since 2007.
Atlaoui was approved for conditional release on July 18, the prosecutor's office in Meaux said in a statement, adding that it is subject to follow-up obligations.
Atlaoui was arrested in 2005 at a factory in a Jakarta suburb where dozens of kilogrammes of drugs were discovered and accused of being a 'chemist' by the authorities.
He has always denied being a drug trafficker, saying that he was installing machinery in what he believed was an acrylic factory.
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