AFP break silence on Bali Nine role

The Australian Federal Police will break their silence over their role in the Bali Nine's arrest in Indonesia.

AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin and deputy commissioners Mike Phelan and Leanne Close will face the media in Canberra on Monday to discuss the organisation's work on the investigation, which led to the execution of ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran last week.

Pressure has been mounting on the AFP to explain its role in tipping off Indonesia about the Bali Nine drug smuggling operation in 2005.

Mr Colvin will also discuss the AFP's guidelines in relation to matters subject to the death penalty as they stood in 2005 and now.

The federal government has insisted police are still taking the death penalty into account before tipping off foreign agencies about suspected Australian criminals, in line with guidelines Labor issued in 2009.