Indon judges 'offered leniency for cash'

The Indonesian judges who sentenced Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to death offered leniency in exchange for money, the men's lawyers allege.





The Bali Nine duo could be executed within the week, with a meeting on Monday to advise the Australian embassy of the formalities.

But the pair's lawyers will seek a meeting with Indonesia's Attorney-General HM Prasetyo on Monday to ask for the executions to be delayed, pending further legal challenges.

The team has made a complaint with the Indonesian Judicial Commission, based on public comments by Chan and Sukumaran's former lawyer, Muhammad Rifan.

Mr Rifan last week alleged there had been "interference" in the case that saw the Australians sentenced to death when they should have been jailed for life.

He then went overseas without detailing his allegations.

The lawyers allege the six judges who sentenced Chan and Sukumaran to death were "willing to give a lighter sentence than the death penalty to (Chan and Sukumaran) if the (judges) were given a sum of money".

The lawyers have also lodged a challenge of the presidential decrees that denied the pair clemency without examining their cases or giving reasons.


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