Bali Nine judge denies bribery allegations

One of the judges who sentenced Australian Myuran Sukumaran to death has denied allegations of bribery in the Bali Nine trials.

One of the judges named in a complaint of bribery in the trial of death row Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has denied the claim and says he's ready to be questioned if necessary.

Wayan Yasa Abadi has told reporters there was no bribery in the drug trafficking trial of Sukumaran, which saw him sentenced to death.

"I assure you there was none, no intervention either, there was none," he said.

"The sentence was purely based on the facts at trial and discussion between the three of us.

"I consider these allegations usual, if someone's not satisfied, they report to the judicial commission."

With the Australians likely days away from their executions, their lawyers have filed an ethics complaint over the six trial judges.

The complaint says judges offered lighter sentences for cash.

It follows one of the Bali Nine's original lawyers, Muhummad Rifan, alleging there had been "interference" in the trial.

One of the current lawyers for the pair, Todung Mulya Lubis, says he spoke to Mr Rifan by phone but he didn't know if there was substance to the claim.

"We are asking, we are demanding, the judicial commission investigate the matter further," he told reporters in Jakarta.

"It's not clear to me where the intervention came from but that's what he said to me."

Mr Rifan and the judges should answer the claims before the commission, Mr Lubis argues.

Legal and diplomatic efforts go on for Chan and Sukumaran, while Indonesia pushes on with its execution plans.

Tony Spontana, spokesman for Indonesia's attorney-general, says once they and other prisoners are on Nusakambangan island in Central Java, they will announce the date of their executions.

Bali authorities are preparing to move the men this week.

Chan and Sukumaran's Indonesian legal team failed to get a meeting with Attorney-General HM Prasetyo on Monday to ask for the execution planning to stop while the administrative court assesses their challenge of Mr Joko's decree denying clemency.

The court has summonsed them to appear next Tuesday.


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