The death sentence in Indonesia for drug trafficking, Serge Atlaoui, has released from prison today. The 61 -year -old man was transferred to France last February. French justice has authorized the conditional release of the ex-Condamné to death. Back on the charges of the supposed drug trafficker according to Indonesian justice.
Serge Atlaoui Libre, twenty years after
After 20 years of detention, Serge Atlaoui Meaux prison came free this Friday morning. French justice validated earlier in the week the conditional liberation of the ex-Condamné to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking. French from Metz was transferred to France last February after 19 years of detention in Indonesia. His wife Sabine Atlaoui was already delighted at the time: “He was no longer in the death corridor, he is on French soil”.
Serge Atlaoui was officially free at 9 a.m., said his lawyer Me Richard Sédillot. “” I am very moved, after these years of combat. I am very moved to see him finally in freedom and to know that he will find in a few moments all those he loves ». The Seine-et-Marne Sentence Application Court authorized this Tuesday Conditional release 61-year-old craftsman. “” He will breathe an expected freedom, hoped for so many years Said his wife.
The man Jakarta called the “chemist”
Indonesian authorities arrested Serge Atlaoui in 2005 in a factory near Jakarta. They discovered several Tens of kilos of drugs. They then accused him of being a ” chemist »Involved in the manufacture of narcotics. For his part, the Frenchman has always denied any involvement in traffic. He says he was just content to install industrial machines in what he thought was an acrylic factory.
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First sentenced to life imprisonment, he saw his sentence increased in 2007 by the Indonesian Supreme Court, which sentenced to death on appeal. After long years of detention and an intense diplomatic mobilization, the French authorities transferred Serge Atlaoui to France in February 2025.
The Pontoise court then converted its sentence to 30 years in criminal imprisonment. According to the judicial authorities, he was ” Released on November 12, 2035 “, but ” eligible for parole, in application of French national rules, since March 26, 2011 As the Meaux prosecutor said.
