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Bali Nine smuggler Myuran Sukumaran 'nervous, worried' after executions

M. Sukumaran and A. Chan
ONE of the Bali nine drug smugglers facing execution has been left "very worried and nervous'' after three prisoners in Indonesia were put to death by firing squad on Friday.

Myuran Sukumaran and fellow smuggler Andrew Chan remain on death row in Kerobokan Prison as Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono weighs up their bids for clemency.

The pair's lawyer Julian McMahon told News Limited yesterday that Sukumaran had heard of the executions of three Indonesian nationals convicted of murder.

"Myuran's response had been reliably confirmed to me, he said it made him feel 'very worried and nervous','' the Melbourne-based barrister said.




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Source: Courier Mail, May 19, 2013

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