INDONESIA. FAMILY OF BALI BOMBERS ON DEATH ROW TO SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON

the family of Amrozi and Ali Ghufron, two brothers sentenced to die by Indonesia’s Supreme Court for the 2002 Bali bombings, planned to seek a pardon from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono despite objections of the men, their elder brother Ja'far Shodiq said. According to the law, a presidential pardon can be sought either by a convict or his or her family.
Amrozi and Ghufron, as well as another death-row convict Imam Samudra, had repeatedly said they would not seek presidential pardons, asking the government to immediately carry out their executions. Samudra's family had said they would not request a pardon.
According Shodiq, his family planned to visit Amrozi and Ghufron, who were being held on the prison island of Nusakambangan, south of Central Java Province, in the near future to persuade them to seek a presidential pardon.
''God willing...we hope that they will change their minds after meeting their family,'' he said, adding that if the two insist on not seeking pardons, the family would do so.
The 2002 bombings at two nightclubs in Bali killed 202 people, mainly foreign tourists. Twenty-six others involved in the bombings had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from three years to life.