Chilling demonstration of how bali nine pair will walk to their deaths 20150227 p5sxtd.html – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
Advertisement
Advertisement
This was published 11 years ago

Macabre rehearsal as Indonesian police practice Bali Nine ringleaders’ walk to firing squad

9NEWS

Powered by

Heavily armed and masked Indonesian police today drilled how they would transport Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to the island they will be executed on.

The macabre dress rehearsal saw two plain-clothes officers playing the parts of Chan and Sukumaran.

They were surrounded by a phalanx of officers from the Brimob (mobile brigade) unit  and then marched from the armoured personnel carriers (APCs) that will take them from Kerobokan prison, to a military plane.

Advertisement

Once on board the pair will be flown to the port of Cilacap, near the island of Nusa Kambangan.

Today, a bus stood in for the plane, but the staggering show of force included 22 men in balaclavas and helmets, carrying assault rifles, to escort two unarmed, bound prisoners.

Indonesian authorities invited news crews to cover the rehearsal.

Kerobokan jail governor Sudjonggo said the men, who are the driving forces behind his prison's successful rehabilitation programs, are faring well.

"I don't know yet when they're going to be transferred," he told reporters.

"I'm not seeing them packing yet either. Myuran's paintings are still in the studio."

Chan and Sukumaran are facing the firing squad for their part in the 2005 Bali Nine heroin smuggling plot.

Meanwhile, the families of Chan and Sukumaran remain on edge, waiting for the call that will send the Bali Nine pair to their deaths.

Advertisement
“We understand that in these circumstances, 72 hours’ notice is given to the prisoners and families, but we've not been informed that any such time frame has been decided on,” Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.
email icon

Contact us

Share a tip-off, video or photo with us

Most viewed in World

More to explore