Indonesia agrees to repatriate French national after 18 years on death row

Indonesian minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra announced the deal with the with French Ambassador Fabien Penone. Picture: AP

Indonesia has signed a deal to repatriate an ailing French national who has been on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offences.

In 2015, Serge Atlaoui won a last-minute reprieve from being executed by a 13-member firing squad.