Canberra wanted to exchange Indonesian prisoners in Australia for death row duo

Supporting their laws: Indonesian protesters from the Laskar Merah Putih holding a banner that reads ‘Reject foreign intervention to Indonesian law sovereignty’ during a protest against Abbott and to support the executions of drug convicts on death row outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta. — AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesia has rejected the offer of a prisoner swap proposed by Canberra in an 11th-hour bid to save two Australian drug smugglers facing execution, saying it is determined to put to death those “who have poisoned our nation”.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” drug trafficking gang, could be shot within days after being moved on Wednesday to the Indonesian island where they are due to face a firing squad.