Executions won't bring back son, father says

The father of New Zealand Bali bombing victim Mark Parker says the imminent execution of his son's killers will not lessen the pain his family has experienced.

Murray Parker, father of 27-year-old Mark who died in the 2002 bombings, said the executions would not bring back his son.

"Will it give us solace? It is hard to say really ... the guys can't get off scot-free having done these things," Mr Parker said.

Convicted bombers Imam Samudra and brothers Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Mukhlas are expected to go before a firing squad in Indonesia within days for their role in the bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians and three New Zealanders.

"It doesn't make it any easier. We miss Mark ... he has been part of our family for a long time," Mr Parker said.

It would be "pathetic" if three petrol-bomb attacks last night in Indonesia's Moluccas islands were linked to the planned executions, he said.

"What you do about it? I have no idea. Why should they do that when we didn't retaliate after the bombings?

"It is sad that they just don't take their comeuppance and get on with it really," Mr Parker said.

Mark's uncle John Parker, who heads a memorial trust in honour of his nephew, said the family felt no anger towards the killers and would not be comforted by their deaths.

"These (planned executions) really have no bearing on how we feel," he said.

"If they are the right people, then that country's justice is their responsibility. It is nothing to do with us. It won't bring Mark back."

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