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Indonesia Rejects Clemency for Two of Australian Bali Nine Drug Offenders – Reuters photo: In this Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 file photo, Australian death-row prisoner Andrew Chan, center, is escorted by Indonesian police officers at Denpasar district court before a trial hearing in Bali, Indonesia. Indonesias President Joko Widodo rejected the clemency request from Chan on Jan. 17, 2015, who is on Indonesias death row along with 133 other criminals. The rejection paved the way for the execution of Chan and his alleged co-ringleader Myuran Sukumaran, whose clemency request was already denied on Dec. 30, 2014. Chan and Sukumaran are among the nine Australians who were arrested in 2005 on charges of attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms (18.3 pounds) of heroin to Australia from Bali. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File) – DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesia on Thursday rejected pleas for clemency for two Australians convicted of drug offences and is expected to go ahead with their executions, a move bound to strain already fragile ties between the two countries. Australia had sought clemency for two members of the so-called Bali Nine, who were arrested in 2005 at Bali airport for attempting to smuggle 8 kg (18 lb) of heroin into Australia. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who took office in October, has ...
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