Drug smugglers face firing squad

Jakarta officials ignore appeals as relatives arrive at prison island

Indonesia has notified nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking that their executions will be carried out within days, ignoring appeals by the UN chief and foreign leaders to spare them.

Authorities also asked the four Nigerian men, two Australian men, a Filipino woman, and one man each from Brazil, France and Indonesia for their last wishes, the spokesman for the attorney general, Tony Spontana, said on Sunday.