Four more Australians get death sentences for drug smuggling

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JAKARTA, Sept 6, 2006 (AFP) — Indonesia has sentenced four more Australians to death by firing squad for drug smuggling in Bali, a ruling that sparked an immediate call for clemency from officials in Canberra. An Indonesian official said Wednesday a Supreme Court ruling meant that a total of six Australians -- members of the so-called Bali Nine -- would face execution for trafficking heroin from the Indonesian resort island last year.

"Six got the death sentence, and two received life sentences," Supreme Court spokesman Joko Upoyo Pribadi told AFP. The ninth member of the Bali Nine, Renae Lawrence, did not appeal her 20-year jail term, he said. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said officials had confirmed the rulings with their Indonesian counterparts, and that...