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Dutch man on death row leaves prison to go home
Bangkok Post
|December 09, 2025
A 74-year-old Dutchman sentenced to death in Indonesia 17 years ago for drug trafficking was released from a Jakarta prison yesterday for repatriation to the Netherlands on humanitarian grounds.
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Siegfried Mets walked out of Cipinang prison and headed to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesian law and human rights official Ahmad Usmarwi Kaffah confirmed.
Mets was due to fly home later yesterday, accompanied by fellow Dutch inmate Ali Tokman, 65, who was serving a life sentence for a similar offence and also was granted a reprieve.
The convicted drug smugglers will return home on humanitarian grounds after a deal struck this week between Indonesia and the Dutch government.
This story is from the December 09, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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