Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Agony of the last goodbye on Bali Nine death row: Distraught families of two Australians facing the firing squad TONIGHT collapse in tears as they see their loved ones for the final time

Two Australian drug smugglers set to be executed by firing squad in Indonesia have entered their final hours - with their families collapsing in tears as they said their goodbyes.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are expected to be executed at around midnight on the Indonesian island of Nusakambangan - 5pm GMT - and were visited by their emotional families in prison today.

The relatives were mobbed by journalists as they arrived at the prison, with the sister of Sukumaran collapsing and needing to be carried, mail uk reports.

Condemned Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have entered their final hours before their expected execution
Condemned Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have entered their final hours before their expected execution
Distressed family and supporters battle through the crowds to reach the port gates
Distressed family and supporters battle through the crowds to reach the port gates
Sukuraman's mother Raji (centre) cries as she arrives at the port authority office at Cilacap for a last visit with her son
Family members and supporters make their way through the crowd as they prepare to visit the men for the last time
Family members and supporters make their way through the crowd as they prepare to visit the men for the last time
Reporters mobbed the families of the prisoners as they arrived
Reporters mobbed the families of the prisoners as they arrived
Brintha Sukumaran (centre), a sister of  Myuran Sukumaran, screams as she arrives at Wijaya Pura port to visit her brother
Brintha Sukumaran (centre), a sister of Myuran Sukumaran, screams as she arrives at Wijaya Pura port to visit her brother
Brintha Sukumaran had to be carried when she arrived at the prison
Brintha Sukumaran had to be carried when she arrived at the prison

Michael Chan (centre, in green) brother of Andrew Chan, makes his way through the media to the port authority office before travelling to Nusakambangan Island
Michael Chan (centre, in green) brother of Andrew Chan, makes his way through the media to the port authority office before travelling to Nusakambangan Island
Coffins were seen being brought into the prison ahead of the pair's execution, which is set for early on Wednesday morning
Coffins were seen being brought into the prison ahead of the pair's execution, which is set for early on Wednesday morning
The shooting is set to go ahead despite Indonesia's Constitutional Court agreeing to hear a legal challenge brought by the duo and setting a hearing date of May 12. 
 
Chan and Sukumaran are part of the Bali Nine who were convicted in 2005 over a plot to smuggle around 18.2lbs of heroin from Indonesia to Australia.

The pair, as well as other death row inmates, have remained defiant in their final hours inside the prison on Indonesia's 'death island', where coffins were seen arriving earlier this evening.

Chan married his fiancé of less than three months inside the prison today, as family paid what will be one of their last visits.

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