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Three death-row convicts arrive at Nusakambangan prison island
Three death-row convicts arrived on Wednesday morning at Nusakambangan in Cilacap, Central Java, where they will soon face a firing squad
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hree death-row convicts arrived on Wednesday morning at Nusakambangan in Cilacap, Central Java, where they will soon face a firing squad.
The three are two Australian Bali Nine drug smugglers -- Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran -- and Raheem Agbaje Salami, a Nigerian.
Chan, Sukumarang, and Raheem Agbaje Salami are three of the 11 death-row convicts who will be executed soon.
Chan and Sukumaran were removed from Krobokan Penitentiary in Denpasar to Ngurah Rai Airport where they were flown by a chartered Wing Air plane at 6:50 a.m. local time amid heavy rain to Cilacap, Central Java, according to Antara news agency.
Escorted by two Sukhois and two F-16 fighter planes, the Wing Air airplane transporting Chan and Sukumaran arrived at Cilacap's Tunggul Wulung Airport at 8:14 a.m. local time.
From the airport, they were transferred and arrived at Nusakambangan Island under tight security at 8:50 a.m.
Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasona H. Laoly said in Jakarta on Tuesday that the Indonesian government was ready to carry out the executions of the two ringleaders of the drug smuggling group referred to as the Bali Nine.
"We are ready to carry out the executions," he said after the declaration of the National Natural Resources and Environment Law Reform Program at the vice presidential office.
The minister, however, did not reveal exactly when the executions would take place.
Special rooms to accommodate the two convicts at Nusakambangan and other preparations have been made.
Indonesia recently executed six other drug convicts as part of its efforts to combat drug trafficking in the country.
The six convicts were Namaona Denis of Malawi; Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira of Brazil; Daniel Enemuo, alias Diarrassouba Mamadou, of Nigeria; Ang Kiem Soei, alias Kim Ho, alias Ance Tahir, of the Netherlands; Rani Andriani, alias Melisa Aprilia, of Indonesia; and Tran Thi Bich Hanh of Vietnam.
Several countries whose citizens are among those on the execution list, as well as the United Nations, have strongly protested the plan.
However, the Indonesian government is adamant that the executions will proceed as planned. (hhr)
