An Australian drug trafficker married his
girlfriend Monday on the Indonesian prison island where he is set to be
executed soon, his brother said, urging the country’s president to show
compassion to the newlyweds.
Andrew Chan, 31, married his Indonesian
girlfriend Febyanti Herewila in a ceremony on Nusakambangan Island, home to
several high-security prisons, his brother Michael said.
He could be put to death by firing squad as
soon as Tuesday, along with seven other foreign drug convicts, after
authorities at the weekend gave then formal notice of their executions. “We’ve
had a special day today,” Michael Chan said as he announced the marriage after
returning from a visit to Nusakambangan. “We’ve celebrated with some family and
close friends.
“Hopefully the president will show some
compassion, some mercy, so these two young people can carry on with their
lives. “It’s in the president’s hands.” Chan met his future wife several years
ago when Herewila, a pastor, began helping inmates in the jail where the
Australian was imprisoned.
Chan and fellow Australian Myuran Sukumaran,
both among the group facing imminent execution, are ringleaders of the
so-called “Bali Nine” heroin-smuggling gang and were sentenced to death in
2006.
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