Bali police chief supports Bali bombers` execution in Nusakambangan

"Bali is also a peaceful region in Indonesia, and therefore we have to protect and maintain it. We don`t have to see the execution carried out here because the important thing is that the legal process takes place," Purwoko said.

On Monday, Purwoko suggedsted that Amrozi et al who were on death row be executed in Bali so as to improve the country`s image, that of Bali in particular, in the world community`s eyes but it seemed that he had changed his mind.

Purwoko said now that the Supreme Court had rejected the request of the three Bali bombers -- Amrozy, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron -- to review their death sentences, their execution should be carried out in Bali because doing so would be good for the country`s international image.

"We are ready to carry out their execution anywhere we are ordered to," Paulus Purwoko said here on Monday.