's true ...
- assuming "the Wild Man of Borneo" isn't granted a reprieve on appeal.
Nowcold-blooded, premeditated murder which is 100 percent proven should warrant the death penalty in ANY country.
Tragic as the loss of life IS - especially the loss of two promising young lives in such extremely unfortunate circumstances - the link provided here states the killings happened in the wake of a (doubtless drink-fuelled) brawl which took place in a bar at a location where violent crime against tourists and expatriates has been described as being "generally rare" in the Muslim-majority South East Asian country.
if the theory I've put forward gets in the way of ...
... I wont say a "good story" [Ded & others]
(because it's a very, very sad occurrence) - as I said in the preceding paragraph - tragic!