Andrew Chan

Andrew Chan (12 January 1984 – 29 April 2015) was an Australian who was tried and executed for attempting to smuggle heroin from Indonesia to Australia. He became known as one of the two ringleaders of the group known as the "Bali Nine".

He was born in Sydney, the youngest child of Hong Kong immigrant parents. On April 17, 2005, he was detained at Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali before boarding a flight to Australia. Although no drugs were found on him, he was accused of organizing the transportation of approximately 8.3 kilograms of heroin along with Myuran Sukumaran.

Denpasar court sentenced him to death by firing squad in February 2006; The Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the appeal in 2011, and President Joko Widodo rejected the amnesty application in January 2015.

Chan, who was a non-believer before his arrest, converted to Christianity in Kerobokan Prison. He studied theology, led English services in prison and organized courses for other inmates; He was consecrated as a priest in early 2015. The prison administration described him as a model prisoner, and his case became the subject of a widespread amnesty campaign in Australia.

Chan was executed by firing squad along with Sukumaran and six other prisoners on Nusakambangan island in Central Java on April 29, 2015. He was 31 years old when he died.