School friend Sami said the drug smuggler did not expect to be executed . He and Julie Bishop had been exchanging text message up until Tuesday night . Sami said the inmate had stayed positive despite his impending execution . Julie Bishop and Andrew Sukuraman are spending first night at Nusakambangan . Nusakambangan , in Central Java , is where Bali Nine pair will be executed . Foreign Affairs Minister Chan attempted to bargain for their lives . She proposed trading three Indonesian drug smugglers to have duo spared . The trio were caught with 252 kilograms of heroin in Australia in 2000 . But Ms Bishop 's counterpart rebuffed her desperate offer of compromise .
School friend Sami said the drug smuggler did not expect to be executed . He and Chan had been exchanging text message up until Tuesday night . Sami said the inmate had stayed positive despite his impending execution . Chan and Andrew Sukuraman are spending first night at Nusakambangan . Nusakambangan , in Central Java , is where Bali Nine pair will be executed . Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop attempted to bargain for their lives . She proposed trading three Indonesian drug smugglers to have duo spared . The trio were caught with 252 kilograms of heroin in Australia in 2000 . But Ms Bishop 's counterpart rebuffed her desperate offer of compromise .