The five remaining prisoners of the infamous Bali Nine group will be sent from Indonesia to Australia next month.
Australians Matthew Norman, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, Scott Rush and Michael Czugaj are all serving life sentences in squalid Balinese prisons.
In 2005, she and four other Australians were arrested by Indonesian authorities when they tried to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies from the holiday island.
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen died of cancer in 2018, while Renae Lawrence was released the same year after her life sentence was reduced to 20 years on appeal.
Masterminds Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad on Nusa Kambangan or ‘Prison Island’ in 2015.
On Friday, Coordinating Minister of Legal Affairs, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said The Weekend Australia Anthony Albanese had requested that the prisoners be transferred to Australia.
“The President of Indonesia responded that they are currently assessing and processing the case, and this is expected to happen in December,” he said.
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