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Sukhoi jet squadron readied for transfer of Bali Nine death-row convicts
Ninth Regional Military Command (Kodam IX) Udayana commander Maj
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inth Regional Military Command (Kodam IX) Udayana commander Maj. Gen. Torry Djohar Banguntoro said on Monday that the Indonesian Military had prepared a squadron of Sukhoi fighter jets to guard the transfer of two Australian drug traffickers on death row from Kerobokan Penitentiary in Bali to the Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java.
'We have also prepared the Army's Raiders and Cavalry forces to provide security for the two death-row convicts, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, in their journey from Kerobokan Penitentiary to Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali,' he said as quoted by Antara news agency in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monday.
Eleven death-row convicts including the two Bali Nine members, Chan and Sukumaran, are scheduled to be executed after President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo rejected their clemency requests.
Torry said he had received an order from Indonesian Military commander Gen. Moeldoko to help secure the transfer of the Australian death-row convicts.
'A squadron of Sukhoi fighter jets is ready to guard a Hercules aircraft that will transport the death-row convicts [to Nusakambangan]. We have also prepared sea patrols and land-security measures,' he said after a meeting with members of House of Representatives Commission I overseeing security affairs in Kupang.
Torry refused to give details on when the death-row convicts would be transferred to Nusakambangan.
'On the exact date [of the transfer], it's beyond our responsibility. What we can confirm is that security precautions for land, sea and air are all ready,' he said. (ebf)(++++)
