Cilacap - A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia was on Tuesday transferred under heavy police guard from a prison island, the day before he starts a last-ditch court bid to avoid the firing squad.
Serge Atlaoui has been detained on the island of Nusakambangan in Central Java, known as Indonesia's "Alcatraz", since he was sentenced to death in 2007 on drugs charges.
He is among a group of drug convicts, including nationals from Australia, Brazil, the Philippines, Ghana and Nigeria, who face imminent execution after recently losing their appeals for presidential clemency.