"Please don`t kill my son," Raji Sukumaran, the mother said.Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - The mother and sister of Myuran Sukumaran, an Australian drug convict on death row, left in tears after visiting him at Krobokan Prison in Denpasar, Bali, on Friday.
"Please dont kill my son," Raji Sukumaran, the mother, told a group of journalists before getting into a car.
She visited the prison with her daughter Brintha Sukumaran two days after the Bali District Court rejected Myurans request for a review of his case.
According to the Denpasar District Courts spokesman, Hasoloan Sianturi, the requests of Myuran (33) and Andrew Chan (31), another Australian convict on death row, could not be sent to the Supreme Court as they did not meet all formal requirements.
The two were arrested along with seven other Australians in 2005, when they were attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from Bali to Sydney, Australia. Earlier, Sukumarans clemency petition was rejected by President Joko Widodo.
Indonesia had recently executed five drug convicts as part of its serious efforts to combat drug trafficking in the country.
The five 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.
Vice-President Jusuf Kalla has reiterated that the execution of foreign inmates for drug offenses will not affect Indonesias bilateral ties with their respective countries.(*)
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