On their way home: Chan and Sukumaran's bodies arrive at Jakarta funeral home, before families accompany them back to Australia for burial
- Chan and Sukumaran's bodies arrived in Jakarta after a ten-hour journey
- The pair were transported in individual ambulances with '1' and '2' on them
- Their families and embassy staff will arrive in Jakarta on Thursday
- The bodies will be transported back to Australia on Thursday or Friday
- Australian death certificates will be issued to replace Indonesian ones
The bodies of executed Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have arrived at a funeral home in Jakarta, completing the first step of their long journey home to Australia.
The pair were transported from Cilicap by ambulance in white satin-lined coffins with pillows and satin coverlets, which were closed with cross-shaped screws, with a number '1' on the ambulance carrying Sukumaran, and '2' carrying Chan.
The families of the pair, along with morticians and diplomats, are scheduled to arrive in Jakarta on Thursday morning, after a ten-hour convoy from Nusakambangan, where they will collect the bodies.
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The bodies of executed Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran arrive at a funeral home in Jakarta
Repatriation to Australia will then be arranged to bring the bodies back to Australian soil, where they will be buried, reported 9News.
The bodies will reportedly be moved on either Thursday or Friday, after Australian consular staff issue an Australian death certificate, signed by a medical official, to replace the Indonesian papers.
Indonesian Attorney-General HM Prasetyo told reporters in Cilicap that the bodies of Chan and Sukumaran, along with the six other death row prisoners who were executed, were washed and placed in coffins before being handed over to families or country officials, The Guardian reported.
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