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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

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Source: The Jakarta Globe, October 22, 2015


Julie Bishop arrives in Indonesia for first visit since Bali Nine executions in April

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has landed in Indonesia for her first visit since the Bali Nine executions.

Ms Bishop will spend the day in Padang, west Sumatra for the Indian Ocean Rim Association Ministerial meeting.

During the day, Ms Bishop will have several side bilateral meetings including with her Indian and Bangladeshi counterparts.

She will also have a one on one meeting with the Indonesian foreign minister, Retno Masudi.

The pair met for the first time after the execution of the two Australian drug smugglers in April, in what Ms Bishop described at the time as a very candid encounter.

Australia withdrew its Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson, in April this year to protest against the executions, and formal ministerial engagements between the nations stopped for months before beginning again in August.

Ms Bishop is now the fourth Australia Minister to visit Indonesia in just over two months.

The Indonesia Government said it was a sign of the strengthening relationship that Australia has now arranged for a ministerial visit to Indonesia once a month.

Source: abc.net.au, Samantha Hawley, October 22, 2015

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