Rhino
02-14-2006, 02:02 PM
Australian Smugglers Sentenced to Death
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Associated Press
BALI, Indonesia — Two Australians were sentenced Tuesday to death by firing squad for leading a drug smuggling ring on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, verdicts that could strain ties between the countries.
Andrew Chan, 22, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24 — who masterminded the trafficking of 18 pounds of heroin to their homeland — showed little emotion as their verdicts were read in a packed courtroom.
Four other members of the so-called "Bali Nine," all of them Australian, have been given life sentences. The sentences for the final three were expected Wednesday.
Indonesian anti-drug campaigners cheered after the death sentences were read out for Chan and, in a separate trial, for Sukumaran.
Family members in the public gallery broke down in tears......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184809,00.html
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Associated Press
BALI, Indonesia — Two Australians were sentenced Tuesday to death by firing squad for leading a drug smuggling ring on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, verdicts that could strain ties between the countries.
Andrew Chan, 22, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24 — who masterminded the trafficking of 18 pounds of heroin to their homeland — showed little emotion as their verdicts were read in a packed courtroom.
Four other members of the so-called "Bali Nine," all of them Australian, have been given life sentences. The sentences for the final three were expected Wednesday.
Indonesian anti-drug campaigners cheered after the death sentences were read out for Chan and, in a separate trial, for Sukumaran.
Family members in the public gallery broke down in tears......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184809,00.html