24 June 2004 :

The Indonesian Attorney General's Office announced it was making preparations for the execution of convicted Indian drug dealer Ayodhya Prasadh Chaubey following the Supreme Court's rejection of his second request for a review. Attorney General's Office spokesman Kemas Yahya Rahman said the office received confirmation from the Supreme Court recently that Chaubey's last-ditch legal effort to evade execution had been rejected. The execution was to be conducted by a firing squad. The date of the execution was not be announced. The prosecutor's office would only inform the convict and his family one day before the decided date. Chaubey was caught in 1994 in Medan, North Sumatra when he was trying to smuggle 12 kilograms of heroin into the country. The Medan District Court sentenced him to death in 1995.
Earlier in the day, National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said he had prepared a firing squad to conduct the execution. "I have talked with the attorney general and he confirmed that at least one convict will be executed soon. That's why we have assigned the firing squad," said Da'i.