REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUTA -- Two Australian death row convicts, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, who are members of the Bali Nine gang, have not been moved out of Kerobokan prison in Bali, according to the warden of the prison.
"The two Australian death row convicts haven't been transferred," Kerobokan prison warden Sudjonggo confirmed here on Friday.
Sudjonggo has denied a report in a national daily that stated Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have been moved to Nusakambangan in Central Java province.
According to Sudjonggo, he has not been informed about the location and time of execution.
"We haven't received any confirmation regarding the execution of the two convicts," the warden stated.
Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are among the 11 death convicts to be executed soon as the President has rejected their clemency pleas.
Meanwhile, in Jakarta, Attorney General HM Prasetyo confirmed on Friday that the two Australian death row convicts will be moved to Nusakambangan.
In accordance with an agreement with the local Bali government officials, including the governor, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, will be moved from LP Kerobokan prison in Bali, he noted.
He recalled he had proposed Nusakambangan in Cilacap, Central Java, as the appropriate location for their execution.
According to Prasetyo, they have yet to decide the date for transferring the two convicts to Nusakambangan. He added that Bali authorities will decide the date.
"They have not reported when they will be transferred. It has only been discussed," he added.
When asked about the Australian government's reaction to the implementation of the death penalty of the two Australians, Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo urged Australia to respect the Indonesian law, which imposes a death penalty on narcotics criminals.
"It is their right to oppose it, but we also have our own stance," he emphasized.
Stressing that Indonesia's legal sovereignty must be upheld, he expressed hope that Australia will also respect it.
"Our law sovereignty must be respected as we must also respect other countries' law sovereignty," he noted.
Prasetyo stated that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) will involve agencies such as the police, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, and others to ensure the smooth implementation of the executions.
"We will prepare everything well so that the executions will be carried out well," he remarked.
The AGO has received the Presidential Decrees rejecting the clemency petitions of the 11 death row convicts, of whom eight are drug convicts and three murder convicts.
The three murder convicts, Syofial, alias Iyen bin Azwar, Harun bin Ajis, and Sargawi, alias Ali bin Sanusi, are Indonesian citizens.
The eight drug convicts are Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (Filipino); Myuran Sukumaran, alias Mark, (Australian); Sergei Areski Atlaoui (French); Martin Anderson, alias Belo (Ghanaian); Zainal Abidin (Indonesian); Raheem Agbaje Salami (citizen from Cordoba); Rodrigo Gularte (Brazilian); and Andrew Chan (Australian).
The AGO recently executed six drug convicts, including five foreigners, after President Joko Widodo rejected their mercy pleas.
The new President has adopted a firm stance against drug convicts, citing a spate in drug-related crimes in the country. He had earlier declared that Indonesia was in a state of drug emergency as some 50 drug addicts died daily, or 18 thousand annually, in the country.
Indonesia has 4.5 million drug addicts who need rehabilitation. Some 1.2 million drug addicts are in such dire conditions that rehabilitation is no longer an option for them.
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