Funeral services for Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be held in Sydney this week
ABC Australia News
May 5, 2015
The two men were executed along with six others by firing squad on the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan last Wednesday.
Chan's funeral service will be held at the Hillsong Church in Baulkham Hills this Friday.
Sukumaran will be farewelled this Saturday at the DaySpring Church in Castle Hill.
Both families have invited members of the public to attend the ceremonies.
The bodies of Chan and Sukumaran arrived back in Australia on Saturday, three days after the men were executed.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the executions were a "dark moment" in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia, and responded by withdrawing the Australian ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson.
Since the executions, backlash against the Australian Federal Police intensified over the fact they did not arrest the two drug smugglers before they left for Indonesia in 2005.
This week, AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin explained police did not have enough evidence to arrest the men in Australia and it was "operationally appropriate" to cooperate with Indonesia.
Indonesia has staunchly defended the executions as a vital front of its "war" on drugs.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I think it is ridiculous for Australia to recall its ambassador from Indonesia over the executions of two sorry ass drug traffickers. Good riddance!
Dorina Lisson, my Aussie anti-death penalty crusader friend, says: “I have been invited [to the funerals] and I will be attending! Why? Not because they were convicted criminals but because they were 'legally murdered' !!!”
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I love you Howie, my Yankee love !!!
Australia's relationship wih Indonesia is on thin ice after Indonesia executed two Australian citizens.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, warned Indonesia there would be 'short, medium, and long-term consequences'. She was right - foreign aid to Indonesia in next week's federal budget will be slashed, and seen as retribution for the execution of the two Australians.
Assistance to Indonesia is expected to be cut by $1 billion in foreign aid – the largest in Australian history.
The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, has been instructed to remove an artistic photograph of Indonesia President Widodo, both to prevent it being damaged by angry Australians and in protest to the excutions.
When a foreign nation executes Australian citizens, there are huge consequenes !!!
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