'What can we bring?': Bali Nine duo's heartbreaking final hours
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran had dinner with the jail's governor and asked what they could bring to the island in the final hours before they began their journey to 'execution island', say reports.
Governor Sudjonggo told News Corp the pair said: “We are ready. That’s OK. Please look after the other prisoners.”
The Bali Nine ringleaders landed in Cilacap, Central Java, earlier this afternoon via plane and travelled by ferry to Nusakambangan island - 700km from Kerobokan prison - where the executions will take place.
Chan reportedly told friends and family before he left: “I’ll be moving out of my five star resort most likely tonight. Remember I love everyone. Speak when I can.”
Sukumaran, who has just received a degree in fine arts while in prison last week, asked whether he could bring some drawing supplies with him to the island.
“Myuran asked, can I bring this? The pencil and drawing book. Then the Deputy Bali Police chief said, you can. But all should be in one plastic bag,” Sudjonggo said.
The pair both elected to take a bible with them. Chan was given a bible by his family, which he had described as his 'most treasured possession', the report said.
#BaliNineexecutions Overkill by Indonesia, using multiple armoured vehicles and hundreds of armed police for the transfer of #BaliNine two
— Julie Williams (@JulieWilliams81) March 3, 2015
The distraught mother of Andrew Chan is preparing to fly to Indonesia after receiving news of her son's transfer to the execution island of Nusakambangan.
Helen Chan is expected to fly out after a last-minute trip to the shops near her inner western Sydney home.
A family friend says she has been packing her bag with a broken heart.
The distressed mother shook her head and sighed while leaving briefly for the shops about 9.40am with husband Ken and their daughter.
Mrs Chan could be joined on her flight by a Salvation Army officer who has known Chan since he was a baby, a family friend says.
The minister, whose sons grew up with Chan, is expected to visit the death row prisoner on Nusakambangan.
"It's a hard road at the moment," the family friend, who didn't want to be named, told AAP.
"Their hearts are breaking.
Andrew Chan's mother Helen Chan will fly to Indonesia leading up to her son's execution in the coming days. Photo: 7News
Absolutely bereft. We must carry on believing in mercy & redemption on behalf of Myu & Andrew, despite Joko's utter inhumanity. #BaliNine
— Vanessa Bathe (@NessBathe) March 3, 2015
"All we can do is pray for them."
Andrew's father Ken, who is in bad health, was using a walking stick to move around and was unlikely to join his wife in Indonesia.
The father said goodbye to Chan in February when the family spent a few weeks in Bali and visited Kerobokan prison.
They were forced to return to Australia on February 16 due to his health problems.
Meanwhile, a worshipper at Toongabbie's C3 church in Sydney's west, where the Sukumaran family have been known to attend, said a private prayer service was held there on Wednesday morning.
The woman, who didn't give her name, told AAP that prayers were said for Sukumaran.
