Australian drug trafficker
Myuran Sukumaran (17 April 1981 – 29 April 2015) was an Australian who was convicted in Indonesia of drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine . In 2005, Sukumaran was arrested in a room at the Melasti Hotel in Kuta with eight others. Police found 334 g (11.8 oz) of heroin in a suitcase in the room. According to court testimonies of convicted drug mules , Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were the co-ringleaders of the heroin-smuggling operation from Indonesia to Australia. After a criminal trial, Sukumaran was sentenced on 14 February 2006 by the Denpasar District Court to execution by firing squad .
After lodging an appeal against his sentence, Sukumaran's appeal was initially dismissed by the Bali High Court . A judicial review by the Indonesian Supreme Court on 6 July 2011 affirmed the death sentence.[ 1] [ 2] Sukumaran's plea for clemency was rejected by the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo on 30 December 2014.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] He and Chan were executed on 29 April 2015.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
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^ Roberts, George (6 February 2015). "Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to be executed this month, Indonesian foreign affairs ministry tells Australian Embassy" . ABC News . Australia. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2015 .