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Frenchman on death row in Indonesia leaves jail ahead of transfer home

Serge Atlaoui alongside his Indonesian lawyer Nancy Yuliana, during a hearing near Jakarta on 1 April, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences left prison on Tuesday ahead of his transfer to France, officials told French news agency AFP.

Indonesia, which has some of the world's toughest drug laws, has in recent weeks released half a dozen high-profile detainees, including a Filipina mother on death row and the last five members of the so-called "Bali Nine" drug ring.

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