A brutal double-murderer has been allowed to live.
Just weeks after Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran’s pleas were rejected by the Indonesian government, a man who killed a father and son, sadistically and with premeditation has been been given mercy. The murderer, identified by The Courier Mail as 27-year-old Dwi Trisna Firmansyah will not be executed for his crimes, and may possibly be released in a matter of a few years.
The murder was committed by Firmansyah and two others in April 2012 when they attempted to rob a mobile phone shop operator in Pekanbaru. The owner of the store fought back, and was killed. His teenage son tried to intervene and was murdered also.
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Firmansyah was granted clemency on February 13 by President Joko Widodo who had refused Chan’s plea one month earlier. It comes not long after three terrorists also had their prison time reduced, and walked free after serving seven years of their sentence.
Firmansyah and the three terrorists committed crimes with the explicit intent to harm others. Chan and Sukumaran, arrested and imprisoned for drug trafficking, have made clear and consistent efforts to redeem themselves, and are repentant.
However President Widodo refused to grant them, and the 64 other drug-traffickers currently on death row, clemency. He says that his policy is one of zero-tolerance when it comes to drugs.
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This same policy could well result in the death of Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran – while at the same time give a murderer back his life.
Chan and Sukumaran are currently Nusakambangan island awaiting their execution. Their appeal has been adjourned until March 19th.
