Let’s give Australia the prisoners

JAKARTA: I am one of seemingly very few Indonesians who think that Australian PM Tony Abbott’s request that two Australian prisoners on death row be handed over to Australia is not unreasonable – if we are prepared to set emotions aside and look at the request purely from a rational point of view.

After the tsunami of 2004, Australia donated an aid package of US$1bil to assist with the aftermath and now Abbott is asking as a return favour that we send back the two Australians on death-row for drug offences.