A group of prisoners due to be
executed for drugs offences in Indonesia have spent what are believed to
be their final moments with their families.
Relatives of
Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were visibly distressed.
Sukumaran's sister collapsed and had to be carried. Chan, Sukumaran and seven others are expected to be executed by firing squad as early as Tuesday night local time.
A French national still has his appeal under review.
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, but Jakarta has justified this due to the country's own drugs problem - 33 Indonesians die every day as a result of drugs, according to Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency.
Australian media reported that families of Chan and Sukumaran were given about five hours to say their goodbyes, and that the men had been denied their own choice of spiritual adviser in their final hours, instead being given Christian guides nominated by the authorities.
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