Jakarta, Feb. 26 -- Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III on Thursday held a hearing with the family of Fandi Ramadan, facing the death penalty over nearly two tons of methamphetamine found on the Sea Dragon in Batam, Riau Islands.

Fandi's family attended the session with prominent lawyer Hotman Paris.

Commission III chairman Habiburokhman said the hearing was meant to ensure law enforcement fulfills its duties, not to interfere with the judiciary.

"Commission III does not intervene in the technical handling of ongoing cases by law enforcement," he said at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta.

He stressed that the death penalty is a last-resort sanction and should be applied selectively, as set out in Indonesia's C...