AG makes last minute appeal for Bali duo

Attorney-General George Brandis has appealed to his Indonesian counterpart to allow death row inmates Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to pursue further legal action.

The drug smugglers are due to executed as early as midnight.

Senator Brandis has written for a third time to Indonesia's attorney-general Prasetyo pointing out the proceedings in the Indonesian Constitutional Court and the Indonesian Judicial Commission.

A preliminary hearing of the Constitutional Court has been scheduled for May 12.

And the Judicial Commission intends to interview the two men in relation to its investigation into bribery allegations in the original trial, Senator Brandis said.

"It would be a terrible outcome if rulings or findings in either of these proceedings called into question executions which have already been implemented and are irrevocable," he said.


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