Indonesian President rules out pardoning any drug convicts on death row

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Australian Bali Nine convicts to face firing squad after Indonesian President rules out pardoning any drug convicts on death row

• Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, from Sydney, are on death row
• They have lost all appeals against their death sentences in Bali
• The men have been pleading for clemency from the President since 2012
• Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo has now ruled out any pardons
• He said the rejection of clemency served as 'important shock therapy'
• His policy will condemn Chan, Sukumaran and more than 60 other drug prisoners to the firing squad
• Chan and Sukumaran were arrested in 2005 as part of the Bali Nine gang
• Both have admitted and apologised for their crimes

'I will reject clemency request submitted by 64 death convicted of drugs cases,' Mr Joko said during a lecture at Gadjah Mada University on Tuesday.

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo says drug convicts have 'destroyed the future of the nation'

Bali Nine enforcer, Myuran Sukumaran (left) and mastermind Andrew Chan in a holding cell at Denpasar Court after they were sentenced to death for heroin trafficking in Denpasar, Bali, on February 14, 2006


Bali needs to stay firm on anti-drug smuggling laws.These laws are well known and anyone caught smuggling drugs knows the penalty. Drugs bring misery and crime, death... poetic justice that the drug smugglers face death for their part in this horrible trade.