Australian Death Row Convicts Flown To Cilacap

Kuta, Bali (Antara Bali) - Australian Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were removed from Krobokan prison in Bali and flown to Cilacap, Central Java, on Wednesday morning for execution.

The chartered Wing Air plane with registration number ATR-72-600 PK-WGO that the two Australian death row convicts boarded took off from Ngurah Rai Airport amid heavy rain at 6.50 am local time.

They were expected to arrive at Cilacap`s Tunggul Wulung Airport an hour later. From the Tunggul Wulung airport, they were immediately transferred to the execution island of Nusakambangan where they would face the firing squad.

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasona H. Laoly said in Jakarta on Tuesday that the Indonesian Government was ready to carry out the execution of the two ringleaders of the drug smuggling group called "Bali Nine".

"We have been ready to carry out the execution," he stated after the declaration of the National Natural Resource and Environment Law Reform Program at the vice presidential office.

The minister, however, did not reveal exactly when the execution would be carried out. Special rooms to accommodate the two convicts at the Nusakambangan Prison and other preparations have been made.  (WDY)