~ Australia threatened to withdraw ambassador who served in Jakarta if the Indonesian government executed two Australians were involved in the smuggling of heroin weighing 8 pounds to the neighbor country. Both are members of the Bali Nine, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumara, convicted drug.
This was conveyed by the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop when asked whether to follow Brazil and the Netherlands to draw ambassador in Jakarta if the death penalty remain to be implemented. Bishop stated that the possibility remains open.
"I'm not going to speculate about what happens if the Indonesian government to implement the death penalty against the Australians. What we do is going to continue to help them as far as we can," he told Sky News.
Apart from the above three countries, the population of Vietnam, Nigeria, and Malawi are also part of a number of foreign residents who would face the death penalty at the end of last week
In general, the relationship between Australia and Indonesia is often problematic, especially in relation to issues surrounding asylum seeker boat people and surveillance issues.
In 2013, the government of Indonesia to withdraw its ambassador and suspended military cooperation after the disclosure of the spy program from Canberra to the wife of former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Bali Nine case itself become a popular news in Australia that put more pressure on local government. On the other hand, Bali is also a very popular tourist destination for the people of the land of kangaroos.
While in Indonesia, a violation of the rules of drug trafficking is a criminal offense with a penalty of 15 years imprisonment to the death penalty.
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