Sentenced to death executions for alleged drugs sales Andrew Chan married a native girl. They met in prison, where she is pastor.
Australian Andrew Chan, who together with his accomplice, was sentenced to death by execution for the sale of drugs, married a native girl in an Indonesian prison. His love is the pastor. She often visited Chan on duty when he was in jail in Bali.
At the marriage ceremony were friends and relatives of the groom and wife. "This is a tough time in which there was a place for happiness. We expect that the President will show compassion towards the newlyweds, and they will be able to continue living together," Reuters quotes the brother of Andrew Chan Michael.
But in jail, where he held the death penalty, delivered coffins, informs Associated Press. It is expected that the verdict will be executed on April 28. With all this, the Indonesian government has rejected requests Australian side in the pardon of the boys. Andrew Chan, together with his accomplice Murano Sukumaran were convicted in Indonesia in 2006 for smuggling 8 kg of heroin. After which the government of Australia has offered Indonesia cash for a waiver of the death verdict and life in prison for 2 drug dealers. Also, drug traffickers often filed petitions for pardon, which showed that they were corrected and repent.
Indonesia is popular for its uncompromising attitude to drug dealers. Together with Chan and Sukumaran death executions are expecting 8 more criminals - two Australians, four Nigerians, Filipino and Brazilian.
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