An Indonesian court sentenced a Frenchman to death for smuggling 3 kilograms of drugs to the tourist island of Lombok, even though prosecutors had only sought a 20-year sentence.
Felix Dorfin, 35, sat silently when a panel of three judges handed down the punishment. He declined to speak to reporters on his way back to prison from Mataram District Court.
In their verdict yesterday, the judges concluded that Dorfin had weakened the government’s drug prevention program and could have a bad influence on young people.
“He is legally and convincingly guilty of importing narcotics to Indonesia,” said Presiding Judge Isnurul Syamsul Arif. “We found no reason to lighten his sentence.”
Prosecutors had requested a 20-year prison term for Dorfin, who was arrested last September when customs officers at Lombok’s airport discovered methylenedioxy methamphetamine worth USD220,600 and 22 ecstasy pills in his suitcase.
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