Hope is all but lost, but Myuran Sukumaran’s friends and family are not giving up on their son. This is the message they want you to read.
Friends and family of the two ‘Bali Nine’ members on Death Row in Bali are continuing their campaigns to try to save the lives of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan. Last night, one of them stood to make an emotional plea on ABC’s Q&A program.
Kavita Krishnan read a letter from her friend Myuran Sukumaran on Q&A last night. (Screenshot via ABC)
Kavita Krishnan, a childhood friend of Sukumaran read a letter from the death-row inmate to the Q&A panel. It said:
“I acknowledge, more than anyone, that I’ve made mistakes and that I’m not a perfect person, but I’ve learned a lot in prison and I am grateful to the Indonesian justice system and to the prison guards for allowing me to achieve all that I have for myself and for the other prisoners.
“Andrew [Chan] and I are not the same people we were 10 years ago. But who is, really?
“We did commit a serious crime and deserve punishment, but we have also paid a great deal for our crimes, as have our families. Please allow us to stay in prison and live.
“Our families should not have to suffer more for our mistakes.”
Myuran with his art in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison.
Ms Krishnan then posed a question to the panel: “Why kill the rehabilitated? Why kill the person who is a positive influence on those around them, a person who is doing good? Why kill my friend, Myu?”
The panel unanimously expressed that the Bali Nine duo should not be executed, with panelist and 2GB radio host, Alan Jones, calling it “barbaric.”
“It’s a shame on the Indonesian system, but a pronounced shame on the federal police system,” said Jones, lamenting the AFP’s decision to hand over the Bali 9 to the Indonesian authorities.
