After the meeting, the brothers of the Australians made an appeal via the media for final clemency,
with Michael Chan describing the goodbye as "torture".
"I saw today something that no other family should ever have to go through. To walk out of there and say goodbye for the last time, it is torture. No family should go through that."
Chintu Sukumaran said:
"There were so many things to talk about. We did talk about the death penalty and he knows this is just a waste... I ask the president [of Indonesia] to please show mercy, please don't let my mum and my sister have to bury my brother."
The relatives of Philippines convict Mary Jane Veloso were each given a blessing by a Filipino priest as they arrived at the prison on Nusakambangan Island, AFP reported. "The family was so silent. It's really very sad. We see a kind of deep pain," he told the agency.
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with Michael Chan describing the goodbye as "torture".
"I saw today something that no other family should ever have to go through. To walk out of there and say goodbye for the last time, it is torture. No family should go through that."
Chintu Sukumaran said:
"There were so many things to talk about. We did talk about the death penalty and he knows this is just a waste... I ask the president [of Indonesia] to please show mercy, please don't let my mum and my sister have to bury my brother."
The relatives of Philippines convict Mary Jane Veloso were each given a blessing by a Filipino priest as they arrived at the prison on Nusakambangan Island, AFP reported. "The family was so silent. It's really very sad. We see a kind of deep pain," he told the agency.
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