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 Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are among a group of 10
prisoners, mostly foreigners, facing imminent execution for drug
offenses after President Joko Widodo rejected their pleas for
clemency.
"Both sides have been given ample opportunity to present evidence
and testimony," Ujang Abdullah, one of a panel of three judges, told
the court. "The judges will decide on the case after studying the
evidence submitted.
The court was adjourned until Monday, when the judges would read
their verdicts in both cases, he said.
The Australian government has repeatedly asked Indonesia to spare
the lives of Sukumaran and Chan. Widodo has refused to budge,
ramping up diplomatic tensions between the neighbors.
Lawyers for the two Australians have been trying to convince the
court since February that it has the jurisdiction to hear their
appeal against the president's rejection of a plea for clemency for
the pair.
Judges rejected that argument last month.
"We will respect the judges who are now considering everything
before ruling on the case," Leonard Arfan, a lawyer representing the
two Australians, told reporters. "We respect the ongoing process and
we're just waiting for the decision."
Sukumaran and Chan were arrested in 2005 as the ringleaders in a
plot by a group, which came to be known as the Bali Nine, to smuggle
heroin out of Indonesia.
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At least four other death row inmates have appealed against their
sentences.
Indonesia's attorney general has said all 10 prisoners would face
the firing squad together but has yet to set a date for their
executions.
The group awaiting execution includes citizens of Brazil, France,
Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla told Reuters last month that it could
take weeks or even months for the executions to take place.
Indonesia has harsh penalties for drug trafficking and resumed
executions in 2013 after a five-year gap.
With the upcoming executions, Indonesia will have exercised the
death penalty more times in a single year than ever before.
(Writing by Michael Taylor; Editing by Michael Perry)
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