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Mr. Spengler, the executive at Initiative Media, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, said that the execution would be critical.

We were hoping that maybe the execution would be halted, but in the morning he was executed.

"The government stated that the execution would be stayed so there could be an inquiry into his age.

The appeals to the US supreme court also involved objections to the way that the execution would be carried out.

Outside the chamber, Patton and several state officials determined that the execution would be halted and a stay would be ordered by Brewer.

The execution would be the first in special trials of suspects accused of crimes during Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.

But Indonesia's attorney general later confirmed that the nine death row convicts would be executed as planned, without giving an indication of when the executions would be likely to take place.

A court spokesman gave no indication when the executions would be carried out.

A spokesman for Prasetyo, Tony Spontana, told Guardian Australia the executions would be after the Asian-African conference in Jakarta from 19 to 24 April, but could not confirm a timeframe beyond that.

Although his efforts had seemed to have won them a reprieve last month, the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, Liu Jianchao, said last Thursday that the executions would be carried out "sooner or later".

Speaking minutes before the men -- Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva -- were scheduled to be shot, the head of the national police, General Sutanto, said the executions would be carried out after Aug. 20, but gave no exact date.