Family members of two Bali Nine drug traffickers due to be executed this month arrive in Jakarta to plead for their lives. Rough cut (no reporter narration)
Mercy dash ... Myuran Sukumaran's brother and mother, left, with Andrew Chan's brother and mother in Jakarta yesterday. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
THE families of Bali Nine drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have begged Indonesia's President and the Government to spare their lives.
Raji Sukumaran, mother of Myuran, last night read a statement in Jakarta on behalf of herself and Helen Chan, the mother of Andrew Chan.
They were words from a mother's heart: "We beg for mercy for our sons, we beg you to spare our sons' lives, we beg you, please don't kill our sons."
They begged the President to see the unique nature of their case and to look personally at all the rehabilitation programs they have set up in the jail and the testimonies of the people they have helped.
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"I beg if you do not think this enough, to please give more time to continue to do good works for many other prisoners," Mrs Sukumaran said.
She said she did not accept that the executions will go ahead.
"I am not accepting that it is going to go ahead. I don't want to think about it ... I am hoping and praying that it won't get to that. I don't know what will happen to our family if it happens. I am not thinking of that," she said, tearfully.
She said her son was "very sad, really upset, he doesn't know what to do ... he is confused, he doesn't know what to do."
Heartbroken ... Raji Sukumaran, mother of Myuran Sukumaran, is begging for her son's release. Picture: Oscar Siagian/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Myuran Sukumaran's mother gives a statement after visiting the Human Rights Commission in Jakarta. Picture: Supplied Source: News Corp Australia
Myuran Sukumaran's brother Chintu and their mother Raji give a statement. Picture: Supplied Source: News Corp Australia
Brother Chinthu said his sibling was worried about what would happen to his mother, father and sister after he is gone.
"I spend most of my time talking about that. I promise him I will look after them," he said emotionally.
Mrs Sukumaran said that she blamed the Australian Federal Police 100 per cent for the fact that her son and Chan are about to be shot dead.
Michael Chan, older brother of Andrew, said that while he did not agree with the AFP's role in their arrest, the time now was to save them.
The families travelled to Jakarta on Monday to beg the country's leader to show mercy and call off their death by firing squad.
The two families' initial plan was to take their mercy plea to Indonesia's Presidential Palace, but their bid to get their message directly to the President was called off after massive rain and flooding in Jakarta.
They later spoke at a press conference at a Jakarta hotel instead.
Begging for mercy ... Myuran Sukumaran's brother Chintu and mother Raji, and Andrew Chan's brother Michael and mother Helen, have made a last, desperate bid for the pair to be saved. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied
Their emotional trip comes as lawyers for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran — who are scheduled for execution within the month — plan to lodge a new court action, challenging the President's refusal of their clemency bid.
The legal team plans to lodge a new legal action in the State Administrative Court in Jakarta, suing the current President for rejecting the Chan and Sukumaran's clemency pleas without assessing them individually.
The basis for the claim is that the President said he was rejecting all clemency pleas from drug traffickers as a blanket rule — because he claimed Indonesia is the grip of a drug emergency — rather than considering each case on its merits.
Devastated ... Andrew Chan's brother Michael and mother Helen have begged for mercy. Picture: Supplied Source: News Corp Australia
Painful wait ... the families of Bali Nine ringleaders, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, pictured at the airport in Bali on the way to Jakarta. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied
It comes amid claims that Indonesia's research and basis for claiming there is a drug emergency where drugs kill 40 to 50 people each day is dodgy and based on "questionable statistics".
The legal team claims that the Bali Nine cases are extraordinary in that Chan and Sukumaran have become reformed prisoners and have set about running a series of rehabilitation programs within Kerobokan Jail which have trained and skilled many Indonesian prisoners.
The claim is unusual and appears to be untried but the legal team is trying every possible legal avenue to save their lives.
Former Supreme and Constitutional Court Judge, Laica Marzuki, said the strategy of taking a legal action against the President in the State Administrative Court was reasonable because the Presidential decree, denying clemency, was part of the state administrative products.
"In this situation, I cannot give a prediction. I only can say that it is reasonable based on legal basis. Whether it can be granted or not, it is determined by legal politic nowadays," Mr Marzuki said.
"Many people nowadays want execution for drug convicts, even if it is against the constitution," he said.
Clemency hope ... Andrew Chan's brother Michael and mother Helen pictured after visiting the Human Rights Comission office in Jakarta, beginning the President to spare their son and brother. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro, Source: Supplied
The former Judge says that the death penalty does nothing to deter crime or drugs and he was saddened about the renewed vigour for the death penalty.
Michael Chan, the older brother of Andrew Chan, their mother Helen, and Myuran Sukumaran's mother Raji and brother Chinthu, flew to Jakarta early Monday to make a plea outside the Presidential Palace.
They also joined with Komnas HAM, the Indonesian human rights organisation, in their bid to save the two Sydney men from the firing squad.
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Before leaving Bali Michael Chan told News Corporation they hoped to show Indonesians what Chan and Sukumaran are doing within the prisons, running rehabilitation programs and teaching skills and bettering the lives of Indonesian prisoners.
He said the family knew that President Joko Widodo was not in Jakarta but hoped their message got through to him through aides about their works and they deserved a second chance.
Sukumaran's brother Chinthu said the case of the two Australians were special and the families hope this message can be delivered to the President.
"We are not asking for too much," he said.
"It is probably our last chance to ask the President to give these guys a second chance and want them to know exactly what these two boys are doing inside the prison."
Family support ... Myuran Sukumaran's brother Chintu and mother Raji are trying everything to save their brother and son from death by fire squad. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied
Mr Sukumaran said the family was seeking the same mercy that the Indonesians have sought, saving the lives of their own citizens on death row around the world.
He said his brother was hoping that the authorities would listen to their plea.
The families met with two Commissioners at the human rights body, Komnas HAM in Jakarta.
Commissioner Roichatul Arwidah said Komnas would write to the President, asking him cancel the execution of Chan and Sukumaran, saying the war on drugs should not be fought by simply executing people.
Inmates ... Bali Nine Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran inside the workshop of Kerobokan jail in Bali. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
He said the mothers of the two Australians were in tears during their meeting.
"The real purpose of punishment and justice in Indonesia is to make people become a better person. Both of these young boys have done many good things, and they have became good people in the prison. They have been doing many things. Painting, an art gallery, computer course, and many other good things in the prison. The money they got from selling the paintings has also been given to the prison," Mr Arwidah said.
He called on the Government to consider clemency and mercy on a case-by-case basis not with a blanket policy for all.
"Komnas HAM does not agree with the death sentence. It violates our Constitution, especially article 28 i, which says that right to life cannot be reduced. We ask the government to implement moratorium of death sentence," he said.
"They were crying while conveying all the things to us. They are very sad. We really understand, it is the sadness of two mothers," Mr Arwidah said.
Last hope ... condemned Bali Nine duo Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan talk to their lawyer Rivan in the cell at Denpasar District Court. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: News Corp Australia
Chan and Sukumaran have been on death row since 2006, convicted of trying to export 8.2kg of heroin from Bali to Sydney.
They have lost all appeals against the death sentence and last week, a bid to lodge a second judicial review of the case was rejected on the grounds they had no new evidence.
Then on the weekend, the pair's former lawyer Muhammad Rifan made the shock claim that he had possible new evidence which could help the condemned duo. He claimed there had been political interference and that the Judges had intended to give a life sentence but intervention ensured the death penalty was handed down.
And one of the Judges who sentenced Sukumaran has told News Corporation that she never wanted to give him the death penalty but had been over ruled by her two fellow judges.
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