Media control ... Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has asked reporters to take the heat out of their reporting of diplomatic tensions over plans to execute two Australians. Picture: AFP/Laily/Presidential Palace Source: AFP
The families of the Bali Nine pair on death row have read letters thanking the Indonesian govt.
INDONESIA'S President Joko Widodo has asked reporters to take the heat out of their reporting of diplomatic tensions over plans to execute the Bali Nine duo.
Asked about Prime Minister Tony Abbott drawing a link between tsunami aid to Indonesia and the death sentences of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan on Monday, Mr Joko told a journalist: "There's already been clarification. Don't you heat this up."
Asked if it would affect plans to execute the convicted drug smugglers, Mr Joko said: "No, that's our sovereign law," Indonesian news website detik.com reported.
Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are likely to be moved from their Bali jail cells this week, with builders under orders to speed up construction of more isolation cells on the execution island.
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Bali Nine duo ... Australian death-row prisoners Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are likely to be moved from their Bali jail cells this week. Picture: AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati Source: Supplied
That's "very likely" to happen this week, he says.
"What we want is the sooner the better," he said. "If they (Nusakambangan) can be fast, we'll be fast too."
The transfer of the Bali Nine pair was postponed last week after it was found there wasn't enough isolation cells for more than five prisoners.
On Monday, building materials began arriving, and a jail official who did not want to be named said they were under orders to work fast and have the renovations completed within days.
Head of corrections at Central Java Law and Human Rights office, Yuspahruddin, said a partition would be built to separate the death row inmates from other prisoners.
"It's not that there's no room," he said.
"The room is available. But because it's isolation, they must not have any contact with other prisoners."
Guards ... Indonesian police stand guard outside Kerobokan jail where two convicted Australian drug smugglers, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, are being held in Denpasar, Bali. Picture: AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka Source: AFP
The arrival of Sukhoi fighter jets in Bali on Sunday had also fuelled speculation the jail transfer was imminent.
Ngurah Rai Airport air force commander Sugiharto Prapto said the jets were in Bali as part of an unrelated year-long exercise.
They would be in Bali for seven days and, if called on, could provide security for Chan and Sukumaran's move.
"If they use a charter plane, we're ready to secure it so that the operation can be implemented safely and smoothly," he said.
Death plane ... the Sukhoi fighter jets currently stationed in Bali. Picture: Supplied Source: News Corp Australia
Meanwhile, advisers to Indonesia's President Joko Widodo say he should get the executions of drug offenders over and done with, as pressure builds from overseas.
Australia has been making strong representations for clemency to Indonesia on behalf of Chan and Sukumaran, sentenced to death for the 2005 heroin smuggling plot.
But Brazil has taken the strongest stance so far, delaying the acceptance of the credentials of Indonesia's new ambassador, who has now been recalled to Jakarta.
Brazilian drug smuggler Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira was executed last month.
Pleas for a Brazilian man set for execution this month, Rodrigo Gularte, have gone unheeded, despite evidence he has a severe mental illness.
Aid ... Australian Consul in Bali, Majell Hind, arrives at Kerobokan Jail to visit Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: News Corp Australia
An adviser on corruption to Mr Joko, international law lecturer Hikmahanto Juwana, says Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff view Indonesia as "easily pressured".
He argues Indonesia should push ahead with the executions before any further "foreign intervention" blocks Mr Joko from "exercising his right to sovereignty".
"Rather than make the situation worse ... I think the government should expedite the death penalty," he said.
Family ... Myuran Sukumaran's mother Raji and brother Chintu visit Kerobokan Jail. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: News Corp Australia
Prof Hikmahanto said he hadn't advised Mr Joko on the executions, but another adviser, Hasyim Muzadi, had also expressed the view they should be expedited.
Tensions between Canberra and Jakarta boiled over last week after Mr Abbott linked Chan and Sukumaran's fate to Australia's donation of $1 billion in aid following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Jakarta perceived the comments as threats and warned that "no one responds well to threats".
Mr Abbott reportedly called Vice President Jusuf Kalla to clarify the remarks made last week.
Mr Kalla, who also received an explanation from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop last week, did not say when he took the call from Mr Abbott.
"He explained and realised that it was a mistake," he told reporters.
Supportive ... Andrew Chan's brother Michael visits him in Kerobokan Jail. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied
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