France asks Indonesia to transfer national on death row

French diplomats have acknowledged that talks were underway for the transfer of Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old Frenchman arrested in 2005 at a secret drugs factory outside capital Jakarta.

French drug convict and death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui is escorted by police upon his arrival at Tangerang court outside Jakarta on April 1, 2015. (AFP)