Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Andrew Chan

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Andrew Chan

Andrew Chan (Chinese: ; Jyutping: Can4 Zi2 Wai4; 12 January 1984 – 29 April 2015) was an Australian man who was convicted and executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, Chan was arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar. According to court testimonies of convicted drug mules, Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were the co-ringleaders of the heroin smuggling operation from Indonesia to Australia. After a criminal trial on February 14, 2006, Chan was sentenced to execution by firing squad by the Denpasar District Court.

January 12, 1984 - April 29, 2015
I don't think I was really going anywhere in life. I don't think, I was achieving too much, even though I had a stable job and all. — © Andrew Chan
I don't think I was really going anywhere in life. I don't think, I was achieving too much, even though I had a stable job and all.
I never really was good at being a family general man, really. I hardly ever spent any time with my mum and dad whatever, really, or brothers or sisters. We just really didn't get along. I was pretty much like the black sheep of the family, to be honest.
When I got back to my cell, I said, 'God, I asked you to set me free, not kill me.' God spoke to me and said, 'Andrew, I have set you free from the inside out, I have given you life!' From that moment on I haven't stopped worshipping Him. I had never sung before, never led worship, until Jesus set me free.
I believe if you want to build up to something, you have to start somewhere - you have to start today and maybe tomorrow won't exist.
I'm thankful that every day I actually get to wake up.
I've learnt to realise my brother is my own best friend. He'd always stick his nose in even though I turned around and said "It's none of your business", I know he only wanted to look out for me.
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