Australia will not make any approach to Indonesia to...

Australia will not make any approach to Indonesia to overturn the decision to impose the death penalty on Bali bomber Amrozi, Prime Minister John Howard said. He said he hoped the verdict would provide a sense of comfort for those who lost their loved ones in the tragedy. "So far as the imposition of the death penalty is concerned, it will not be the intention of the Australian Government to make any representations to the Indonesian Government that penalty not be carried out," he said. Federal Opposition Leader Simon Crean also said Australia should not stand in the way of the decision to impose the death penalty on Amrozi. Crean said he would have preferred a long jail sentence but the Indonesian court's verdict should be respected. "I don't agree with capital punishment but the fact is the crime was committed on Indonesian soil and the Indonesian courts have handed down the death penalty. I won't be seeking to interfere in that decision.