Bali nine executions: AFP defends its role in arrests

By Lisa Cox
Updated May 5 2015 - 4:08pm, first published May 4 2015 - 5:53pm
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
Indonesian police display drugs which were seized in April 2005. Nine Australians were arrested at Denpasar Airport in Bali.
 Photo: Jason Childs
Indonesian police display drugs which were seized in April 2005. Nine Australians were arrested at Denpasar Airport in Bali. Photo: Jason Childs
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (centre), AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close (right) address the media on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
Bali nine ringleaders Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia last week. Photo: Anta Kesuma
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin says he does not believe the AFP owe the Chan and Sukumaran families an apology. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin says he does not believe the AFP owe the Chan and Sukumaran families an apology. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

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