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Bali Nine: Australian pair 'to be in next group to be executed' Bali Nine: doubts over claim Australian pair will be in next group to be executed
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Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are reportedly among the death row prisoners that Indonesia plans to execute next. Conflicting reports on Wednesday night cast more doubt over the immediate fate of the Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, on death row in Indonesia for their part in a 2005 drug smuggling plot.
Attorney general HM Prasetyo says his department is still evaluating the first round of executions held last week. Attorney general HM Prasetyo was reported as saying his department was still evaluating six executions held last week, but the Australians would be among the next round.
“We are still finding the right time for the next executions of citizens of France, Ghana, Cordova, Brazil, the Philippines, Australia and one Indonesian,” he told a parliamentary committee. “We are still finding the right time for the next executions of citizens of France, Ghana, Cordova, Brazil, the Philippines, Australia and one Indonesian,” he reportedly told a parliamentary committee.
He didn’t reveal the names of the next prisoners, but Chan and Sukumaran are the only Australians on death row, and he has said previously they will be dealt with together. He didn’t reveal the names of the next prisoners, but Chan and Sukumaran are the only Australians on death row, and Prasetyo has said previously they would be dealt with together.
Prasetyo said the next executions would likely again be held on the Central Java prison island of Nusakambangan, but there had been issues that needed attention. However, later reports contradicted that information. The attorney-general’s spokesman, Tony Spontana, said Prasetyo did not make the comments, the ABC reported.
“There were obstacles,” he told the committee. The head of the parliamentary committee, Azis Syamsuddin, said the attorney-general did no mention the nationalities of the next group of people to be executed.
“The intrusion of human rights activists, the efforts of our electronic media reporters, trying to disguise themselves as fishermen. Prasetyo reportedly said the next executions would likely again be held on the Central Java prison island of Nusakambangan, but there had been issues that needed attention.
“There were obstacles,” he told the committee. “The intrusion of human rights activists, the efforts of our electronic media reporters, trying to disguise themselves as fishermen.
“We can’t prevent them from getting close to the execution location.These are all being evaluated.”“We can’t prevent them from getting close to the execution location.These are all being evaluated.”
Lawyers for Chan, 31 and Sukumaran, 33, are in Bali preparing to lodge a final court appeal.Lawyers for Chan, 31 and Sukumaran, 33, are in Bali preparing to lodge a final court appeal.
The pair were considered the ringleaders in the 2005 so-called Bali Nine heroin smuggling plot.The pair were considered the ringleaders in the 2005 so-called Bali Nine heroin smuggling plot.