REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR -- Warden of Kerobokan Penitentiary Sudjonggo said he would investigate the truth of letters written by a dozen of inmates defending Andrew Chan (31), an Australian drug convicts on death row.
"We are investigating the truth of the letter," he said here Monday in response to the letters directed by the Kerobokan prison's inmates to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
One of the letters, as published by Kompas.com, was written by an inmate named Martin Jamanuna. Jamanuna who claimed to have known Andrew Chan for four years in jail said he was ready to take over the execution of Australian inmate if he was allowed to do so.
Sudjonggo said he would ask the prison's church council about Andrew Chan's activity and question the motive of the person who wrote the letter because Andrew Chan's request for reviewing his case had been rejected a week ago.
He said he did not regard an inmate's offering of sympathy to another prisoner as a problem but the inmate is not allowed to take over the prisoner's sentence.
Along with Myuran Sukumaran (33), another Australian drug convict on death row, Andrew Chan is threatened to be executed after their requests for a review of their cases were rejected by the Bali District Court.
According to the Denpasar District Court's spokesman, Hasoloan Sianturi, the two drug convicts' requests could not be sent to the Supreme Court as they did not meet all formal requirements.
The two were arrested along with seven other Australians in 2005, when they were attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from Bali to Sydney, Australia. Earlier, Sukumaran's clemency petition was rejected by President Joko Widodo.
Indonesia had recently executed five drug convicts as part of its serious efforts to combat drug trafficking in the country.
The five convicts were Namaona Denis of Malawi, Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira of Brazil, Daniel Enemuo alias Diarrassouba Mamadou of Nigeria, Ang Kiem Soei, alias Kim Ho, alias Ance Tahir, of the Netherlands, Rani Andriani, alias Melisa Aprilia, of Indonesia, and Tran Thi Bich Hanh of Vietnam.
Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said that the execution of foreign inmates for drug offenses will not affect Indonesia's bilateral ties with their respective countries.
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