A Bali lawyer who alleged Indonesian judges sought bribes to save Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan from the firing squad has reportedly withdrawn his claims.
"I am not going ahead with the allegations now," Muhammad Rifan has told The Australian newspaper, two weeks after the central witnesses were executed.
"I don't see any urgency now. It was to help stop the executions," said the lawyer, who represented Sukumaran and Chan at their 2005 trials.
On the eve of the executions Mr Rifan alleged judges who sentenced the men to death asked for more than $130,000 for a lighter sentence.
His reported withdrawal came as Indonesia's judicial commission on Monday began taking evidence into the bribery claims in Jakarta, with Mr Rifan expected to be summoned.
The Bali Nine pair's current lawyer, Todung Mulya Lubis, attended the commission on Monday and told The Australian he knew nothing of Mr Rifan's retraction or whether the inquiry would proceed.
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