Indonesia says it will execute 2 Australians
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Two Australian citizens are next in line to be executed for drug offenses in Indonesia, the Southeast Asian nation’s attorney general said yesterday, in a move likely to strain ties between the neighbors.
Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, are among eight prisoners due to be executed after President Joko Widodo rejected their clemency pleas last month, in the latest of a string of death sentences for drug offenders, including foreigners.
“We have heard that many Australians support the execution and it is one of the things that pushes us to feel we are not making a mistake,” Attorney General H. M. Prasetyo said.
It was not immediately clear when the executions would take place.
Others on death row include citizens of Brazil, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Philippines, the attorney general’s office said last week.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought clemency for the pair, who were arrested at Bali’s Denpasar airport in 2005 for attempting to smuggle 8 kilograms of heroin into Australia.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said last month she would not rule out recalling the country’s envoy if the executions were to go ahead.
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