"I felt it was a degrading and undignified way to treat two prisoners in these circumstances, and I was particularly concerned that it was posted online," she told reporters in Perth. "They weren't being treated with the dignity that I thought should be afforded to people who are being transferred to an execution island, in preparation for the death penalty to be carried out."
The Government has lodged a complaint with the Indonesian ambassador. At Cilacap, a group of anti-drugs protesters gathered yesterday to demand the executions of the convicted drug smugglers be hastened.
The families of Chan or Sukumaran will only be able to visit their condemned loved ones tomorrow at the earliest.
Meanwhile, the Herald on Sunday has learned Andrew Chan lived for a year in New Zealand.
The link emerged when Kiwi Owen Pomana, a former prisoner turned Christian evangelist, visited Chan over Christmas.
Chan spent a year growing up in Whangarei, Pomana said.
Pomana gave the condemned man his All Blacks jersey and the pair performed an impromptu haka at the end of a Christmas Eve service.
"I asked him if he knew the haka and said, 'Yeah I know the haka,' so I asked him to lead it.
"So we did the haka then I took off my All Black top and told him, 'Now you don't have to support Australia. You're one of us. We'll claim you as our Asian Maori brother'."
A smiling Chan took a selfie proudly wearing the silver fern.
Pomana said he had developed a special Bond with Chan and was praying for a miracle.
Pomana said it was a privilege to count Chan as a "bro and mate" and he would do whatever it took to keep his legacy alive inside the prison's walls.
"He's not asked for anything for himself but has such a great heart.
"I want to celebrate a man who walks the walk and talks the talk."
- Additional reporting Lynley Bilby
