Felix Dorfin, 35, was handed a capital sentence after his arrest last year, but his execution was commuted to 19 years in prison in August. (Photo: AFP/Arsyad Ali)

JAKARTA: A French drug smuggler who briefly faced execution in Indonesia will be transferred to a high-security prison island, dubbed the nation's "Alcatraz", following a second escape bid, a corrections official said Friday (Oct 4).