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Comments on other issues: Firing squad could wound Aussie-RI ties
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strong>Jan. 21, p7
The sometimes strained bonds between Indonesia and its southern neighbor have been relaxed since the election of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo. He has visited Australia, met Prime Minister Tony Abbott ' who also attended the presidential inauguration ' and seems to have been well received.
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In this case, the two sentenced criminals are the same drug traffickers who sat comfortably in their hotels without any thoughts concerning the humanity for the poor souls using the substances they smuggled.
They risked the death penalty as couriers. It is quite right though that corrupt authorities must be involved, this trade could not survive without them.
Noone
I'm an Australian and I am against the death penalty in Australia, but this case is in Indonesia and I respect Indonesian's right to have what they want in their own country.
So if Indonesians want the death penalty then they should be allowed to have it in their country and with no interference from any other country.
These Australians knew that the death penalty applies in Indonesia for drug trafficking. So if they were found guilty of drug trafficking in Indonesia then they should be dealt the appropriate death penalty punishment as prescribed by Indonesian law as it is what Indonesians want and it is their country. There should be no interference from any other country.
I'll add just a bit of background information about Australia as some might want to know out of curiosity.
Capital punishment (the death penalty) had been part of the legal system of Australia since British settlement and during the 19th century, crimes that could carry a death sentence included burglary, sheep stealing, forgery, sexual assaults, murder and manslaughter.
And there is even one reported case of someone being executed for 'being illegally at large'.
During the 19th century, these crimes saw about 80 people hanged each year throughout Australia. Capital punishment has been formally abolished in Australia. It was last used in 1967, when Ronald Ryan was hanged in Victoria.
Ryan was the last of 114 people executed in the 20th century.
Eddy Saf
