The Bali Nine: Australian Drug Smugglers in Indonesia

The Bali Nine were nine Australians arrested in April 2005 for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg of heroin from Bali to Australia. Tried in Indonesia:

• Andrew Chan & Myuran Sukumaran (ringleaders) – Executed by firing squad April 2015.
• Seven others – Sentenced to life imprisonment; later reduced on appeal. All released in 2018 after serving ~13 years (Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens).

The case sparked intense diplomatic tension between Australia and Indonesia over capital punishment and judicial fairness.