CILACAP: Indonesia said on Saturday it has ofHcially notiñed eight foreign drug convicts that they will be executed, but a Frenchman was granted a temporary reprieve after Paris stepped up pressure on Jakarta.

The eight from Australia, Brazil, Nigeria and the Philippines have been transported to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan where they will face thefiring squad along with an Indonesian prisoner, despite strident international criticism.

`Today, just now, we just finished notifying every convict, nine people except for Serge,` a spokesman for the attorney-general`s office, Tony Spontana, said, adding it would be at least three days until the sentences are carried out.

`We have also asked for their last wish,` he added.-AFP