Paris - Paris on Thursday accused Indonesia of "serious dysfunction" in its legal system that led to a Frenchman being sentenced to death, deepening a diplomatic spat over the upcoming execution.
Serge Atlaoui, 51, lost his final appeal against his death sentence for drug offences this week, taking him closer to execution by firing squad.
French President Francois Hollande warned Indonesia that executing Atlaoui would damage ties between the two nations and on Wednesday Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius summoned the Indonesian ambassador to discuss the case.
Fabius also wrote a letter to his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in which he said Atlaoui had been the victim of a hasty trial and was sentenced "in a ruling containing erroneous statements".
"The eventual execution of Mr Atlaoui would be even more incomprehensible to the government and French people as, due to serious dysfunction in the Indonesian legal system, he did not benefit from his due rights," wrote Fabius.
Atlaoui was arrested near Jakarta in 2005 in a secret laboratory producing ecstasy and was sentenced to death two years later.
AFP
