Bali nine executions: Why Indonesians and Australians have different views on the death penalty for drug dealers

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated March 6 2015 - 9:08am, first published March 5 2015 - 5:40pm
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
The armoured vehicle and military presence at the transfer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran would have seemed over the top to many Australians. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV
Myuran Sukumaran on the plane that took him from Bali to Cilacap. Indonesians see drug traffickers as mass murderers. Photo: Kompas TV

For many Indonesians, drug smuggling is akin to cold-blooded murder.

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