Australian drug smugglers on death row have appeal rejected in Indonesia

An Indonesian court on Monday rejected appeals by two Australian drug traffickers who challenged President Joko Widodo's decision to refuse them clemency and spare their lives.

The complaints by Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were tried separately with the same three-judge panel at the Jakarta High Administrative Court, which agreed with a lower court that the case is out of their jurisdiction since clemency is the prerogative of the president.

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"The object of the dispute is not part of the jurisdiction of the Administrative court," said presiding judge Ujang Abdullah. Read more...

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