Asia One News: JAKARTA – Indonesia’s attorney-general declared Friday « nothing whatsoever » could stop the execution of two Australians from going ahead, promising the drug smugglers will face the firing squad as soon as possible.

The reaffirmation comes amid a tense standoff between Indonesia and Australia over the fate of the two prisoners, with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott again accused by Jakarta of making threats in his bid to save the pair.

Indonesian authorities had already confirmed that Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine heroin trafficking group, would be among the next group of prisoners on death row to be executed…

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