Myuran sukumaran biography

Myuran Sukumaran (Tamil: மயூரன் சுகுமாரன்; 17 April 1981 – 29 April 2015) was an Australiancitizen who was executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine.

He was born in London, England. His parents were Sri Lankan immigrants. He moved to Australia at a young age.

Myuran sukumaran biography

In 2005, Sukumaran was arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali. Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were the apparent co-ringleaders of the heroin smuggling operation. After a criminal trial on 14 February 2006, Sukumaran was sentenced to execution by firing squad.

On 30 December 2014, Sukumaran's request for clemency was rejected by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.^[1] Sukumaran and Chan were in prison at Nusakambangan Island in isolation cells. On 16 January 2015, Sukumaran and Chan were ordered to be executed after nine years in jail.^[2] On 6 February 2015, it was stated that Chan and Sukumaran would be executed by the end o