A former inmate of Kerobokan prison has told of how he was baptised by Bali Nine drug smuggler Andrew Chan who helped him kick his 20-year drug addiction, and called on the Indonesian government to show the Australian mercy. When Matius Arif Mirdjaja first spoke to Andrew Chan in prison in 2011 he mocked him for his religious beliefs. The pair knew of each other from the previous three times Mirdjaja had been ordered to serve time but had never spoken. Scroll down for video Matius Arif Mirdjaja (right), a former inmate of Kerobokan prison, has told of how he was baptised by Bali Nine drug smuggler Andrew Chan (left) who helped him kick his 20-year drug addiction
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Matius Arif Mirdjaja first spoke to Andrew Chan in prison in 2011 and mocked him for his religious beliefs
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It was not until Mirdjaja personally witnessed Chan's devotion to God that he started to believe in Christianity
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In 2011, the Indonesian - who is now 40 years old - was imprisoned for robbery
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He was battling a heroin addiction while he was held behind bars
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After Mirdjaja was baptised, he and Chan started up a Bible study group inside Kerobokan prison
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The preacher said this is one of many programs Chan and Myuran Sukuraman pioneered to help rehabilitate 'hundreds' of prisoners
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Mirdjaja said he had witnessed Chan and Sukuraman change people's lives in prison and they deserved to be spared
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Mirdjaja left prison in 2013 and has now started to preach at churches in south-east Asia
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