Jakarta Globe, Feb 13, 2015
Garuda Indonesia released a statement on Feb. 13 denying it would be involved in transferrig Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. (ID Photo) |
Jakarta.
State-owned flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has released a statement saying it
will not be involved in transporting two Australian drug convicts from Bali to
a maximum security prison in Central Java where the pair are expected to be
executed.
“With
reference to the news on Friday 13, February, 2015 regarding the planned
transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Garuda Indonesia would like to
state that the airline will not be involved with this matter and will not be
transferring Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran on our aircraft,” Garuda said in
a statement released on Friday.
“We also
would like to convey that Garuda Indonesia has never made any commitment to
transfer the convicts with our planes,” the statement said.
Media
reports in Indonesia indicated that Garuda had agreed to a role in transferring
Chan and Sukumaran, two members of the so-called Bali Nine who are due to face
the firing squad in the near future after President Joko Widodo rejected their
appeals for clemency.
Chan and
Sukumaran who are currently being detained in Kerobokan penitentiary in
Denpasar reportedly will be transfered to Nusakambangan, a strong indicator
that their execution may be approaching.
Sukumaran,
33 and Chan, 31, were arrested when attempting to smuggle eight kilograms of
heroin from Bali to Australia in 2005.
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